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Tuesday, June 05, 2012

DOJ to Monitor Wisconsin Recall Election

The Justice Department will be monitoring polling activities in Milwaukee during the recall election of Republican Governor Scott Walker on Tuesday. According to a DOJ press release

The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on June 5, 2012, in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes: Alameda, Fresno and Riverside Counties, Calif.; Cibola and Sandoval Counties, N.M.; Shannon County, S.D.; and the city of Milwaukee.

The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.  In addition, the act requires certain covered jurisdictions to provide language assistance during the election process.  Fresno County, Riverside County and the city of Milwaukee are required to provide assistance in Spanish.  Cibola, Sandoval and Shannon Counties are required to provide language assistance to Native American voters.  Alameda County is required to provide language assistance to Hispanic, Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino voters.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who is gonna oversee the DOJ?????

Anonymous said...

Obama's DOJ is going to monitor the Wisconsin recall election?!?!?!?! i'm not so sure that's a good thing. the Obama administration has a vested interest in Walker losing and would definitely be inclined to covering up voter fraud.

Anonymous said...

Makes me feel good Holder and his department among the most corrupt DOJ S in history

Anonymous said...

Good so using tax payers money to have interpreters to help the illegal alliens vote illegally.