Trump administration gives DOJ civil rights unit a new focus: Voter fraud

The Trump administration is retooling the long-standing election monitoring effort for November’s midterm elections with an additional focus on voter fraud.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has for decades sent election monitors to polling places to protect voters from discrimination on the basis of race, disability or the language they speak. The Trump administration is retooling this effort for November’s midterm elections with an additional focus on voter fraud.

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