U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Justice Department to Monitor Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announced today that staff from the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in Union, Bergen, and Middlesex counties for the Nov. 2024, general election.

The U.S. Attorney's Office and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division regularly deploys its staff to monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws, including the Voting Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, in elections in communities across New Jersey and the country. As part of this monitoring efforts, in addition to monitoring in Bergen and Middlesex counties, staff from both offices will be working with federal observers in Union County who will be monitoring election day activities in the county's polling places under a federal court approved consent decree.

Complaints about voting rights concerns can be directed to the U.S. Attorney's Office's Election Day Hotline at 888-636-6596 or to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington, DC by complaint form at https://civilrights.justice.gov/ or by phone at 800-253-3931.

More information about voting and elections, including guidance documents and other resources, is available at www.justice.gov/voting. Learn more about the Voting Rights Act and other federal voting laws at www.justice.gov/crt/voting-section. Information about the ADA is available on the Justice Department's ADA website at www.ada.gov. Information about civil rights enforcement at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey is available at https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/civil-rights-enforcement.