Justice Department To Monitor Some CA Elections

Sorry if this is dupe but I did not find it in search.

Interesting however that the DOJ is monitoring language assistance, as if that is a major problem.
Are they afraid of illegals voting?

When in fact, we had machine problems and complaints so far reported in Kern, Orange County and San Joaquin. No reports of language assistance problems reported.

Total registered voters as of May 2006 for primaries
Kern 286,967
Orange 1,476,210
San J. 264,084

Note: San Joaquin. At the time, as I recall, I did a comparison of votes cast for Boxer vs votes cast for Kerry in 2004. S.J was the only county which would have reversed the total to Kerry if all voters who voted for Boxer voted for Kerry. (The county went to Bush)

CBS Channel 13
Jun 5, 2006 3:31 pm US/Pacific

7 California Counties Will Be Monitored

(AP) WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that it will monitor Tuesday's primary election in seven California counties to make sure officials adequately serve voters who don't speak English.

Alameda, Orange, San Benito, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Ventura counties all are required to provide election information, ballots and voting assistance information in one or more minority languages under the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.

In San Diego County, for instance, officials settled a federal lawsuit in 2004 by agreeing to provide voting materials in Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese, along with poll workers who can translate in those languages.

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In each of the seven counties, observers directed by lawyers from the department's Civil Rights Division will watch and record voting activities at polling places. The department also will monitor elections in Alabama, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, all of which have primary elections on Tuesday.

Last year the department monitored 47 elections in 14 states. It fielded a record nearly 2,000 observers in 2004 to monitor 163 elections in 29 states.

http://cbs13.com/politics/local_story_156183300.html

They want to make sure the election is stolen, fair and square.......