The Justice Department sent election monitors to 44 jurisdictions for the 2020 presidential election.
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VINCEAug 18, 2026
The DOJ's own November 2, 2020 press release announced monitors for 44 jurisdictions in 18 states for the 2020 general election, and multiple later sources (a 2022 AP-sourced report, NAACP, Roll Call) repeat the 44 figure for 2020.
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… During Joe Biden's presidency, the Justice Department sent monitors to 86 jurisdictions for the 2024 elections and 64 of them for the 2022 elections. During Trump's first term, the department sent monitors to 44 jurisdictions for the 2020 presidential election. Further, for Michigan's primary this month, the Justice Department sent monitors to four Democrat-leaning cities: Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing, and East Lansing. …
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Supports. The DOJ's November 2, 2020 press release announced the Civil Rights Division would send personnel to 44 jurisdictions in 18 states to monitor the November 3, 2020 general election.[1]
Supports. Contemporaneous reporting from USA Today, Washington Examiner, and WHYY (43 other jurisdictions plus Philadelphia) matches the 44-jurisdiction count for the 2020 election.[2][3][4]
Supports. A 2022 report citing the department's own spokesperson and a 2024 Roll Call article both state the 2020 deployment covered 44 jurisdictions.[5][6]
Context. The 2016 deployment covered 67 jurisdictions, and the 2022 midterm covered 64, so the 44 figure is a documented count rather than an exaggeration.[2][5][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 6 not rated
- 1Justice Department Again to Monitor Compliance with the Federal ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2DOJ sending voting rights monitors to 18 states, including Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohiousatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3DOJ sending monitors to 18 states on Election Day to enforce voting rights lawswashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Justice Department to dispatch election monitors to Philadelphia againwhyy.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5DOJ to monitor polling sites across country amid fears of voter ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6Justice Department expands where it will monitor on Election ...rollcall.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7US Department of Justice monitoring polls in key states for voter ...jurist.org · not rated · cited for: context
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