A policeman keeps watch at the polling station.
\n\nThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) has deployed around 1,000 election monitors and observers across all 50 states to oversee voting in Tuesday's midterm elections, with a significant number sent to predominantly Democratic areas, as the Trump administration also expands a criminal investigation into a closely contested Senate race in Alaska.
\n\nA Reuters analysis found that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris defeated Donald Trump in about two-thirds of the jurisdictions selected for monitoring during the 2024 presidential election.
\n\nBlack and Latino voters make up a majority of the population in many of the targeted jurisdictions, which are concentrated in states where the outcome of Senate races could determine control of the chamber.
\n\nThe deployment comes amid growing scrutiny of the Trump administration's approach to election oversight. The Justice Department has pressed states to hand over voter registration data, arguing that stricter measures are necessary to protect election integrity and maintain public confidence in the voting process.
\n\nThe administration had also asked the US Supreme Court to temporarily prevent California from counting mail-in ballots cast by more than 20,000 voters whom federal officials alleged were likely to be non-citizens. The court rejected the…
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