Mon Aug 9, 2021 – 12:33 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a guidance on July 28 threatening legal action against state election audits and new voter integrity laws, amid new revelations about irregularities in the 2020 presidential election.
The two documents warned states that election investigations could lead to federal prosecution and that re-adoption of voting rules in place from before COVID-19 would merit inspection by the DOJ.
“The guidances issued today describe certain federal laws that help ensure free, fair, and secure elections,” Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a July press release. “Where violations of such laws occur, the Justice Department will not hesitate to act.”
“Election audits are exceedingly rare,” the DOJ’s guidance on post-election audits stated. “But the Department is concerned that some jurisdictions conducting them may be using, or proposing to use, procedures that risk violating the Civil Rights Act.”
The guidance stressed the need to maintain the chain of custody of ballots – a significant problem among Democrat-led counties that relied heavily on mail-in voting last year – and cited “proposals to contact individuals face to face.”
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