DOJ election monitors appear at Houston polls on Election Day

Houston Chronicle · R.A. Schuetz, Adrian Ashford · 2026-11-03 22:09 UTC

The DOJ will monitor elections in all 50 states for the first time, including Harris County, with about 1,000 election monitors and observers.

Tuesday morning, two women in everyday clothes appeared outside the Eastwood Community Center, according to election judge Amy Dinn. She said they were part of the Department of Justice’s expanded nationwide effort to monitor the election.

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The DOJ announced Tuesday morning that it would deploy 1,000 “election monitors and observers” across the country, some of whom would be at the polls in Harris County.

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