[EL] how does election observing work at polling places?

[Brian Landsberg]

John,
Is it remarkable that most federal personnel are monitoring elections in states outside the Deep South?  E. g. more in Ohio and Pennsylvania than in Alabama and Mississippi?

And how is it determined whether to send observers or "other personnel" to a jurisdiction?

Brian 

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On Nov 3, 2012, at 11:23 AM, "john.k.tanner at gmail.com" <john.k.tanner at gmail.com> wrote:

> It varies a lot from state to state.  Most states specify who can appoint poll watchers and how many they can appoint - often 2 per party in the general election.  Unless you are a poll watcher or duly appointed poll worker, you usually cannot enter or remain in the polls or within X feet of the polls except to vote.  Federal observers are always allowed in if assigned by the AG. DOJ attorneys may or may not be allowed in: in TX, for example, we had to be deputized by the Secretary of State to enter. 
> More detail at Effective Monitoring of Polling Places, 61 Baylor L Rev 1
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