Trump administration sued over plans to send election monitors to voting sites

What happened: The NAACP sued the Trump administration over plans to send election monitors to polling sites for next month's midterm elections, naming Harmeet Dhillon, head of the justice department's civil rights division. Key numbers: Dhillon said she hopes to send 1,000 monitors in November. The NAACP filed a Freedom of Information Act request on 1 September. Why it matters: The NAACP seeks records on the deployment and judicial intervention, saying monitors could intimidate voters. Republican governor Mark Gordon criticized two monitors at Wyoming's primaries.

The NAACP sued the Trump administration over plans to send election monitors to polling sites for next month's midterm elections, naming Harmeet Dhillon, head of the justice department's civil rights division.

The NAACP seeks records on the deployment and judicial intervention, saying monitors could intimidate voters. Republican governor Mark Gordon criticized two monitors at Wyoming's primaries.