The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing a request from New Jersey Republicans to send election monitors to oversee the handling of mail ballots in a key county that will help settle the state's Nov. 4 governor's race.

The New Jersey Republican State Committee told Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, in a letter that federal intervention is necessary to ensure an accurate vote count in Passaic County.

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State officials disputed that characterization and called any federal intervention “highly inappropriate.”

The suburban county has been a Democratic stronghold. But it shifted to President Donald Trump's column in 2024 and may be critical to GOP gubernatorial

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