A voter fills out her ballot at a polling station in California (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong via Getty Images)

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The federal government is deploying civil rights monitors to California and 27 other states for the 2016 general election and is urging voters to report any disruption, violence, threats or intimidation at their polling places.

The U.S. Department of Justice is deploying election monitors to 67 jurisdictions in 28 states, up from 51 jurisdictions in 23 states during the 2012 general election.

Federal monitors in California will be in the Bay Area counties of Napa and Alameda as well as further north in Siskiyou County, which runs along the Oregon border.

In all 67 jurisdictions the monitors will watch to see that elections are conducted fairly and in compliance with federal voting rights laws.

Voter intimidation has been a top concern leading up to the election.

The Ohio Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced their decision not to intercede since, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted, voter harassment is already illegal in that state.

The monitors will watch to see that any jurisdictions required to provide language assistance to voters during the election process, provide it and that individuals with disabilities are adequately accommodated.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the monitors’ locations on Monday and included a message — which wasn’t released prior to recent general elections — that reads:

“As always, complaints related to disruption at a polling place should always be reported immediately to local election officials (including officials in the polling place). Complaints related to violence, threats of violence or intimidation at a polling place should be reported immediately to local police authorities by calling 911. They should also be reported to the department after local authorities have been contacted.”