# Voting Rights Act

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## Timeline

- **2026-11-03**: 2026 midterm elections — Target date for the planned deployment of 1,000 federal monitors to polling places nationwide.
- **2026-08-18**: Monitors sent to Florida and Wyoming primaries — The DOJ announces monitors for primary elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Laramie County, Wyoming.
- **2026-08-17**: Dhillon announces record 1,000-monitor plan — Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announces the record deployment target in remarks to Bloomberg.
- **2024-11-05**: 2024 election: 714 monitors across 27 states — The department monitored compliance with federal voting laws across 27 states and 86 jurisdictions, a majority of whom were DOJ attorneys and staff.
- **2022-11-08**: 2022 midterms: 289 monitors deployed — The DOJ sent 289 people to polling places during the most recent midterm election.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### DOJ Plans Record 1,000 Election Monitors Despite 70% Staff Exodus
2026-08-19 00:13:22 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division will seek a record 1,000 federal monitors for the 2026 midterms — more than triple the 289 deployed in 2022 — relying on volunteers from U.S. Attorney's Offices after losing over 70% of its career staff. The plan raises capacity and impartiality questions for a Voting Rights Act enforcement function historically handled by specialized attorneys.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/doj-record-1000-election-monitors-voting-rights

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