The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is monitoring polling locations in South Carolina during Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff election to promote transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal voting laws.
The monitoring is taking place in Charleston County and includes four Civil Rights Division attorneys, a South Carolina assistant U.S. attorney and a staff member from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The special runoff is being held following the July 11 death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, creating a vacancy in South Carolina’s Senate delegation.
The DOJ regularly deploys personnel to monitor elections and enforce federal laws protecting voting rights. The department has deployed more than 80 monitors to more than 200 polling locations across seven states during this primary season. During the 2022 midterm primary season, DOJ monitors were deployed to nine states.
The Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section enforces several federal voting laws, including the Voting Rights Act, National Voter Registration Act, Help America Vote Act, Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, Americans with Disabilities Act and Civil Rights Acts.
The monitoring effort is intended to facilitate communication between election officials, poll observers and federal monitors while addressing potential voting-rights concerns.
Civil Rights Division personnel will remain available through the Nov. 3 general election to receive questions and complaints concerning federal voting rights laws.
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