New Hampshire election officials say they’re unconcerned after the Trump administration announced it will send election monitors to watch September’s primaries in Manchester and Nashua — a longstanding practice that has drawn partisan suspicion amid the president’s recent actions on elections.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month it’s sending monitors to 15 jurisdictions in six states. In addition to Manchester and Nashua, the DOJ plans to send monitors to Boston and New Bedford in neighboring Massachusetts. Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia are the others.
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