Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon is complaining about federal election monitors sent to observe last week’s primary elections.
Gordon is also ordering an investigation after Justice Department officials attempted to examine voting procedures in the state.
Two DOJ monitors arrived at a polling location in Cheyenne last Tuesday as part of a federal effort to ensure elections comply with voting and civil-rights laws.
According to Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee, the monitors asked questions about election procedures, sought to speak with voters and requested access to voting equipment.
Local officials refused some of those requests, and Gordon was less than pleased.
“It was aggressive, unexpected, disruptive and certainly didn’t seem to show respect for the state,” Gordon moaned.
“We’re going to get to the bottom of it as best we can.”
The monitors ultimately visited six polling locations as part of their work overseeing the election.
Rather than welcoming additional scrutiny of Wyoming’s election procedures, Gordon announced that he had asked state Attorney General Keith Kautz to investigate what happened.
“I feel very strongly about the federal government coming in and taking our guns — I don’t like that,” Gordon said during a meeting with election officials.
“And I don’t like the federal government coming in and taking our votes, either.”
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The Justice Department says its monitors were there to protect voters and ensure compliance with federal law.
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray also pointed out that state law permits election observation.
“Wyoming election law does provide for observation,” Gray said.
The monitors reportedly asked officials about poll-worker training, election equipment and voting tabulators.
“They included questions about the nature, length and timing of poll worker training,” Lee said.
“Monitors requested training guides, asked how our new election equipment was acquired and wanted to examine our tabulators.”
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Lee nevertheless accused the federal officials of displaying a “complete disregard for our state laws and administration of our elections.”
The Justice Department has expanded election monitoring ahead of November’s crucial midterm elections, deploying approximately 80 observers across seven states during the primary season.
Federal officials say their only objectives are election security, transparency and enforcement of federal voting laws.
Ben Kew is a writer and editor. Originally from the UK, he moved to the U.S. to cover Congress for Breitbart News and has since gone on to editorial roles at Human Events, Townhall Media, and Americano Media. He has also written for The Epoch Times, The Western Journal, and The Spectator.
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