The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and Criminal Division have released information on their efforts to protect the right to vote and prosecute ballot fraud.

The Civil Rights Division enforces the federal statutes that ensure discriminatory, intimidating practices don’t impact qualified voters’ opportunities to cast their ballots, while the Criminal Division oversees federal laws protecting against election fraud. Both will operate with the utmost vigilance on Nov. 8 to assure there is no voter suppression, tampering with the process or malfeasance by election officials, according to DOJ officials.

The Civil Rights Division will conduct monitoring at polling places around the country (locations TBD), will have attorneys ready in case of potential violations and will have staff available via phone, fax and email to receive complaints, problems or concerns related to voting.

The Criminal Division — and its 94 U.S. Attorneys' offices — will be working with FBI special agents to have designated district election officers in place to receive public complaints and coordinate the handling of election-crime allegations.

Immediate threats or acts of violence, however, should first be reported to local law enforcement by calling 9-1-1.

More information on the Justice Department's election integrity efforts, as well as lists of U.S. Attorneys and FBI office telephone numbers to report election crime complaints, are available on DOJ's website.

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