CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – The Virginia NAACP is raising concerns that voters’ rights are at risk this November, specifically pointing to reports that federal monitors from the Department of Justice are expected at polling locations in Charlottesville and across the state.
The DOJ says deploying approximately 1,000 federal monitors nationwide on November 3 is intended to observe rather than interfere. However, representatives with the Virginia NAACP expressed doubt.
“There is a great deal of concern that this Department of Justice is sending monitors there, not to guarantee that people can vote, but to actually try to prevent people from voting,” said Anthony Ashton, senior associate general counsel for the Virginia NAACP…