The Caroleene Dobson for Congress campaign said on Monday that President Joe Biden's Department of Justice's announcement that it was assigning "monitors" to patrol voting in the second congressional district election reeks of fraud and intimidation and is "like the referees wearing the other team's jersey."
According to an announcement released earlier this week, staffers in the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Alabama are being assigned to monitor complaints, concerns and allegations of voter fraud in Alabama's second congressional district race and will be in constant "consultation with DOJ headquarters in Washington."
"We are already playing on a field that federal judges drew to favor the other team, and now Biden is assigning attorneys from his Department of Justice to oversee the balloting, which is like the referees wearing the other team's jersey," Dobson campaign spokesman Drew Dickson said. "For all we know, these so-called monitors were hand-picked by Shomari Figures, who worked directly alongside Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland in the Justice Department."
Dickson said that any appearance of favoritism or unfairness by the Department of Justice would further erode voters' confidence in the election system at a time when "only 37% of Americans believe the 2024 elections will be both 'honest and open' to rightful voters," according to a survey by Morning Consult.
"If a Republican voter, candidate, or campaign complains about intimidation or fraud at the polls, do we seriously think that the Biden Justice Department, which, until recently, employed Shomari Figures, is going to lift the first finger to investigate?" Dickson said. "Maybe they'll let Shomari Figures investigate the complaints himself."
Dobson, a Republican, is running against Figures, a Democrat, to represent the Second Congressional District. Election day is November 5.
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