U.S. Justice Department officials will monitor the polls in Nashville during Tuesday’s election, the department announced today.
Davidson and Shelby counties are two of 51 jurisdictions where the nation’s top law-enforcement agency plans to station personnel.
A Justice Department news release didn’t say specifically why Nashville was chosen. But Davidson County Election Administrator Albert Tieche said it was related to training poll workers received last month — first reported by The Tennessean — on how to challenge the right to vote of those they believe may not be U.S. citizens.
