END OF ELECTION NIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT, THIS ELECTION HAS A LOT OF EYES ON IT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND SO DO POLLING PLACES. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS WATCHING POLLS IN 27 STATES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LAWS, AS KCRA 3’S ANAHITA JAFARI SHOWS US, ONE OF THOSE PLACES WILL BE IN CALIFORNIA VOTING ON ELECTION DAY IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. I’M GOING TO GET YOU A FORM. YOU’RE GOING TO FILL THIS OUT FOR ME, WILL COME WITH AN EXTRA PAIR OF EYES ON THE PROCESS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE MAKING SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY. THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OFFICE IS THE ONLY POLLING PLACE IN CALIFORNIA ON A LIST BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO BE MONITORED ON ELECTION DAY. OUR COUNTY WAS CHOSEN AND THEY WILL BE HERE. POLL WATCHING AND AND ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. AND SO IT’S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD THING TO HAVE THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO MONITOR POLLING PLACES IN 27 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT IN CALIFORNIA, ONLY THIS ONE WILL HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION STAFF IN ATTENDANCE. WHY IN CALIFORNIA IS SAN. JOAQUIN COUNTY THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY’RE MONITORING? I THINK IT’S JUST THEY HAVEN’T BEEN HERE IN 20 YEARS. I GOT A GREAT PHONE CALL. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THEM, AND THEY SHARED WITH US WHAT. WAS GOING ON. IT WAS JUST POLL WATCHING. THERE WAS NO RHYME OR REASON. WE’RE NOT ON THE NAUGHTY LIST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT’S JUST THEM DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND SUPPORTING COUNTIES WHERE THEY CAN. AND SAN JOAQUIN HASN’T HAD A VISIT IN ABOUT 20 YEARS, SO IT WAS NICE THAT WE’RE GETTING A VISIT. THERE’S A LINE GOING THIS WAY. MANY ARE CALLING IT AN EXTRA SECURITY MEASURE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LAWS. THAT’S JUST ANOTHER SET OF EYES TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS BEING RAN SMOOTHLY, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AND SECURELY AND TRANSPARENTLY. I THINK THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE VOTING PUBLIC, AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY MORE THAN ANYTHING. I THINK THAT’S EXCELLENT FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON AND EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD MODEL AND EVERYTHING. SO EVERYBODY LET’S, YOU KNOW, GO VOTE. THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WANT TO CHANGE. GO DO IT. GO VOTE IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. I’M ANAHITA JAFARI, KCRA THREE NEWS. WE REACHED OUT TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHY THEY CHOSE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY TO BE MONITORED, AND THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT. WE DID CHECK ON WHAT THEY’VE DONE BEFORE IN OUR STATE IN PAST ELECTIONS AND BACK IN 2020.