California to Monitor Federal Poll Watchers Amid Redistricting | JQJO

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state will send its own observers to watch federal election monitors deployed by the Trump administration ahead of a Nov. 4 vote tied to Democrats’ redistricting plans. Responding to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s move to monitor six jurisdictions, including five California counties, Bonta called the plan “unnecessary but welcome” and vowed no interference beyond the law. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber denounced the federal presence as intimidation. Federal monitoring will cover Kern, Riverside, Fresno, Orange and Los Angeles counties, plus Passaic County, New Jersey.