Florida Rejects DOJ Plan to Place Monitors Inside Voting Locations

Elections staff load ballots into machines as recounting begins at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections Office in Lauderhill, Fla., on Nov. 11, 2018. Joe Skipper/Getty Images

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) workers are not allowed inside polling locations, a Florida official has told the agency.

Brad McVay, general counsel for the Florida Department of State, told DOJ election official John Russ that Florida law does not permit DOJ monitors to be stationed inside of polling places after the DOJ announced it would monitor compliance with federal voting laws in three Florida counties.