Ohio secretary of state says Trump DOJ's election monitors will be at polls to "observe"
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[0:00] Department of Justice will deploy 1,000
[0:02] election monitors nationwide next week.
[0:04] Officials say this is an effort to
[0:06] observe how elections are running, but
[0:08] it's more than triple the number
[0:10] deployed during the 2022 midterms. We're
[0:13] joined now by Ohio Secretary of State
[0:15] Frank LaRose with more on this and other
[0:17] big issues joining us from Columbus. Uh
[0:19] good morning, Secretary Larose. What
[0:22] should voters know about the role these
[0:24] federal officials will be playing at
[0:26] polling locations? Do they have any
[0:28] enforcement authority? And what is your
[0:30] guidance to voters who might be creeped
[0:32] out by it?
[0:33] >> No. Hey, Errol, the the the uh the big
[0:35] giveaway is in the name. They're
[0:37] observers. It's right there in the name.
[0:38] They are there to observe. They can
[0:40] watch. Uh but they're at least under
[0:43] Ohio law really restricted to that. It's
[0:46] also important for voters to know this
[0:47] is nothin