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Justice Department Monitors Polls in Three Arizona Counties During Primary

Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office observe vote-casting to enforce federal voting laws with public complaints accepted at VEM@usdoj.gov through Nov. 3, 2026.

A security guard stands behind a fence at the Maricopa County Election and Tabulation Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 4, 2024. Concrete barriers, high wire fences and armed agents inside: on the eve of the American presidential election, the election center in Phoenix, Arizona, looks like a fortress. (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • The Department of Justice deployed Civil Rights Division Voting Section staff and personnel from the U.S. Attorney’s Office to observe polling sites in Maricopa, Apache and Pima counties on Tuesday for Arizona’s primary election.
  • Local election officials in each county issued credentials allowing DOJ observers to watch vote-casting procedures at multiple poll sites to promote transparency and ballot security.
  • The monitoring is presented as part of the DOJ’s routine, nationwide election oversight to check compliance with federal statutes such as the Voting Rights Act, NVRA, HAVA, UOCAVA and the ADA.
  • The Civil Rights Division said it will accept public questions, complaints and requests for monitoring at VEM@usdoj.gov and will assess those requests through the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.
  • Observers and voters can expect the monitoring to focus on access to the ballot and procedural compliance, and the presence of federal teams could prompt more reporting of possible voting-rights concerns during the election cycle.