The Trump Justice Department announced on Friday that it will monitor several polling sites in California and New Jersey ahead of the blue states' off-year Nov. 4 elections "to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law."

The DOJ's Civil Rights Division will specifically deploy personnel to monitor polling sites in the California's Kern, Riverside, Fresno, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties as well as in New Jersey's Passaic County.

'We have received reports of irregularities in these counties that we fear will undermine either the willingness of voters to participate in the election or their confidence in the announced results.'

"The Department of Justice will do everything necessary to protect the votes of eligible American citizens, ensuring our elections a

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