The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it will oversee voting in Portage County, Ohio, weeks after the county sheriff was accused of making a statement intimidating supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski had posted on Facebook last month that people should “write down all the addresses” of residents with Harris signs in their yard, so that immigrants can be sent to live with them. Zuchowski later claimed that the post had been “a little misinterpreted.”
The county election board, days after the post, voted to remove the Sheriff’s Department from the election security used for in-person early voting. On Tuesday, the DOJ said it would be monitoring compliance of federal voting laws in the county during early voting and on Election Day.
“Voters in Portage County have raised concerns about intimidation resulting…
