DOJ said the staffing levels follow previous Election Day monitoring efforts. | AP Photo 500 Justice officials will monitor election polls nationwide

Five hundred Justice Department civil rights officials will fan out across 28 states on Tuesday to monitor polls.

“As always, our personnel will perform these duties impartially, with one goal in mind: to see to it that every eligible voter can participate in our elections to the full extent that federal law provides,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement. “The department is deeply committed to the fair and unbiased application of our voting rights laws and we will work tirelessly to ensure that every eligible person that wants to do so is able to cast a ballot.”


DOJ said the staffing levels follow previous Election Day monitoring efforts. But Republican nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly leveled accusations that the process will be rigged against him. He’s already targeted Lynch and the FBI, suggesting they’ve protected Clinton from criminal charges related to her handling of classified information. He hasn’t provided evidence to support his claim of a mass vote-rigging scandal.

On Election Day, DOJ officials will staff 67 locations in these 28 states. They include:

Bethel Census Area, Alaska;

Dillingham Census Area, Alaska;

Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska;

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska;

Maricopa County, Arizona;

Navajo County, Arizona;

Alameda County, California;

Napa County, California;

Siskiyou County, California;

East Hartford, Connecticut;

Farmington, Connecticut;

Hartford, Connecticut;

Middletown, Connecticut;

New Britain, Connecticut;

Newington, Connecticut;

West Hartford, Connecticut;

Hillsborough County, Florida;

Lee County, Florida;

Miami-Dade County, Florida;

Orange County, Florida;

Palm Beach County, Florida;

Fulton County, Georgia;

Gwinnett County, Georgia;

Hancock County, Georgia;

Chicago, Illinois;

Cook County, Illinois;

Finney County, Kansas;

Orleans Parish, Louisiana;

Quincy, Massachusetts;

Dearborn Heights, Michigan;

Detroit, Michigan;

Hamtramck, Michigan;

St. Louis, Missouri;

Douglas County, Nebraska;

Mineral County, Nevada;

Washoe County, Nevada;

Middlesex County, New Jersey;

Cibola County, New Mexico;

Kings County, New York;

Orange County, New York;

Queens County, New York;

Cumberland County, North Carolina;

Forsyth County, North Carolina;

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;

Robeson County, North Carolina;

Wake County, North Carolina;

Benson County, North Dakota;

Rolette County, North Dakota;

Cuyahoga County, Ohio;

Franklin County, Ohio;

Hamilton County, Ohio;

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania;

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania;

Pawtucket, Rhode Island;

Providence, Rhode Island;

Bennett County, South Dakota;

Jackson County, South Dakota;

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota;

Shelby County, Tennessee;

Dallas County, Texas;

Harris County, Texas;

Waller County, Texas;

San Juan County, Utah;

Fairfax County, Virginia;

Prince William County, Virginia, and

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.