Feds deploy election monitors to L.A. after last-minute legal wrangling over ballots

Los Angeles Times - Nov 3, 2026

The Justice Department announced Tuesday it would send out "1,000 election monitors and observers" across the U.S. in what it called "the largest monitoring effort in DOJ history," with Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Alameda listed as the California counties to be scrutinized.

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