DOJ To Send Elections Monitors To Four Counties In North Carolina

[bathroommonkey76]

Source: TPM

The Department of Justice is planning to send elections monitors to four counties in North Carolina, the Fayetteville Observer reported. The North Carolina State Elections Board informed the counties Forsyth, Wake, Cumberland and Robeson counties via a memo Wednesday to expect federal elections monitors at their polling places next week, according to the AP.

State Board of Elections' executive director Kim Strach said she did not know why the DOJ intended to send monitors, nor did she know the specific precincts where they would be serving, according to the AP.

"Chief judges in the precincts must allow these federal observers within the voting place," Strach said in the memo, according to the Observer.

Cumberland County director of elections Terri Robertson told the Observer Wednesday that she was not sure why the DOJ was sending monitors there.

Cumberland County has been involved in a number of tussles with voting rights advocates over its election protocols.

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[Coyotl]

1. K & R

[Nitram]

2. One thing they will be looking for is long lines and delays. Many polling places were

closed in minority districts.

[bathroommonkey76]

4. Robeson & Cumberland were also

hit hard by Hurricane Matthew.

[lsewpershad]

3. No Shame

They know perfectly well why?