voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/31/2008
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By Mary Pat Flaherty The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice will send 800 federal observers and justice department staff to 59 jurisdictions in 23 states on Election Day to monitor polling places and elections. Jurisdictions will include Chesterfield County, Va., which had ...
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DOJ's List Of Counties For Election-Day Monitoring Looks On The Level
TPMMuckraker —
... earlier, the Department of Justice yesterday released a list of counties across the country to which it will send teams of federal observers to monitor polling places, as it does every election year. ...
'Daily Voting News' For October 31, 2008
The BRAD BLOG —
... Assistance Arrives to Combat Voting Hurdles, Glitches and Dirty Tricks http://www.huffingtonpos...ce-arrives_b_139360.html
National: What to Expect—Maybe—on Tuesday http://voices.washington...pect_--_maybe_--_on.html
National: Problems with voters purged from election rolls http://www.finalcall.com...blish/article_5376.shtml
National: Justice Dept. Will Send 800 Monitors to Polls http://voices.washington...t_will_send_800_mon.html ...
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