The Justice Department announced Monday its plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws on Election Day in Maricopa and Pinal counties along with 62 other jurisdictions in 24 states.

Navajo, Pima and Yavapai counties also will be monitored on Tuesday, Nov. 8, DOJ officials said.

Monitors will include staff from the Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Office of Personnel Management.

On Election Day, DOJ officials said, Civil Rights Division personnel will be available all day to receive complaints from the public related to possible violations of the federal voting rights laws by a complaint form on the department’s website https://civilrights.justice.gov/ or by telephone toll-free at 800-253-3931. 

Individuals with questions or complaints related to the ADA may call the department’s toll-free ADA information line at 800-514-0301 or 833-610-1264 (TTY) or submit a complaint through a link on the department’s ADA website, at https://www.ada.gov/.

“Complaints related to disruption at a polling place should always be reported immediately to local election officials (including officials in the polling place),” a DOJ release stated.

“Complaints related to violence, threats of violence or intimidation at a polling place should be reported immediately to local police authorities by calling 911. These complaints should also be reported to the department after local authorities have been contacted.”

More information about the federal civil rights laws is available on the Civil Rights Division’s website at https://www.justice.gov/crt.