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Justice Department Deploys About 1,000 Election Monitors and Observers

The operation reached all 50 states for the first time. Voters cast ballots for all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats.

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Voters check in at a polling station in Washington, D.C., on Election Day. / TokenPost.ai
Voters check in at a polling station in Washington, D.C., on Election Day. / TokenPost.ai

U.S. voters cast ballots Tuesday, Nov. 3, in midterm elections that will determine which party controls Congress for the next two years, as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) deployed monitors nationwide.

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 Senate seats were on the ballot. EconoTimes previously outlined the House and Senate control at stake.

The department said roughly 1,000 election monitors and observers were assigned nationwide, marking its largest such operation and its first deployment in every state.

When We All Vote said it had reached 30 million Americans with voting information and resources by Election Day. It reported that community partners held more than 1,000 Party at the Polls events nationwide, alongside more than 90 campus events with the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

“From the economy and healthcare to affordability and voting rights, voters' top issues are on the ballot,” said Kalisha Dessources Figures, a senior adviser to When We All Vote.

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