The Biden-Harris administration’s Justice Department is deploying district elections officials in preparation for Election Day to make sure that election workers are able to “do their jobs , free from threats , and intimidation” . ,
Election officials may work in coordination with the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, which was established in June of 2021 by Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to “address assault against election staff and ensure that all poll workers, whether elected, appointed, or volunteers, are free from risks and harassment,” according to Fox News.
In a Monday press launch, the Justice Department announced this year’s city votes soldiers. On Election Day, the election officials are expected to collaborate with the Election Threats Task Force and native, position, and federal law enforcement. They are chosen back of each vote.
The city elections officers are “responsible for overseeing the management of election time complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of any kind to election officials or workers, and election fraud, in conversation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington,” according to the press release. The Justice Department added that” The Department will address these violations wherever they occur.”
U.S. Attorney Gerard Karam emphasized the importance of district election officers by saying that “every citizen must be able to cast a ballot in a fair and free election without fear of interference or discrimination.” Karim added that election officials and staff members must be able to carry out their duties without being subject to “unlawful threats of any kind.”
The Justice Department also made a point about its” Election Day Program,” which claims that it assists in upholding “public confidence in the electoral process” by allowing Americans to report potential election law violations.
Following the contentious 2020 election, Garland reported that he and other members of the Election Threats Task Force met last month and warned of an “unprecedented spike” in threats against election officials. Since the Department of Justice’s creation of the task force in 2021, almost two dozen people have been charged, according to the outlet.
” These cases are a warning: if you threaten to harm or kill an election worker or official or volunteer, the Justice Department will find you”, Garland said in September. ” And we will hold you accountable” . ,