Augusta County, Virginia has figured it out.  Many counties can tell the DOJ Voting Section to pound sand and not allow them into the polls to collect evidence to sue the counties.  Augusta County (VA) told the DOJ they can’t come and watch.  Good for them. Free copies of Injustice are on the way to the local library. For decades the Justice Department has enjoyed tethered goat counties, counties which foolishly invite DOJ to watch inside their polls, and then find themselves sued.  To be sure, some counties don’t have the power to do this.  But many do.  Virginia and Florida are two such places that have told the DOJ voting section they may not monitor elections.  What might be the common fact between the two states?  Anyone… anyone?

Important: if you are a local or state election official, there is often no legal obligation to allow the Justice Department to monitor your elections inside the polls.  Almost always it is a sign evidence is being collected which may result in your state or county being sued.  Any official that allows this to happen is acting against their own interest, period.  If you think the monitors will view the same set of facts as you do, you are wrong.