U.S. Justice Department to monitor polling sites in Michigan for primary election

MGNDETROIT -- The United States Department of Justice is monitoring polling sites in Four Michigan cities this primary election day. The DOJ states this is to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law. The monitoring will be done through the Civil Rights Division, which enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible citizens to access the ballot. “Our primary monitoring efforts continue today as we seek to ensure free and fair elections nationwide,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The Department of Justice is devoting extensive resources to ensure uniform and nondiscriminatory monitoring.