Justice Department says it will monitor California poll sites amid Prop. 50 voting

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The state GOP had requested monitoring in five California counties, citing past ‘irregularities’ and calling Prop 50 a ‘politically charged question.’

Poll monitoring is a routine task of the Justice Department, though the Trump administration’s oversight of elections has drawn skepticism from Democrats worried about President Trump’s history of election denial.

The U.S. Department of Justice will monitor polling sites in five California counties as voters decide on Proposition 50 on Nov. 4, it said Friday, after being asked to do so by state GOP officials.

Monitoring, which is routinely conducted by the Justice Department, will occur across Southern California and in the Central