Wyoming’s Republican Governor Raises Concerns Over DOJ Election Monitor Conduct Wyoming Republican Governor Mark Gordon voiced concerns on Wednesday about the behavior of U.S. Justice Department election monitors during the state’s primaries, describing their actions as “aggressive” and “irregular.” Speaking at a state canvassing board meeting, Gordon criticized the monitors’ conduct, stating that their behavior appeared to exceed the authority granted by Congress. While he acknowledged the election’s overall success, he emphasized that state and local officials were not informed in advance of the DOJ’s monitoring efforts. “I have asked the attorney general to start looking into the nature of the visits and all that sort of stuff,” Gordon said, adding that he was not objecting to the observers but was troubled by their actions. Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee, a Republican, also expressed dissatisfaction with the DOJ’s approach. She called the monitoring operation a “poorly managed exercise” that showed “complete disregard for our state laws and administration of our elections.” Lee revealed that a DOJ official in Washington had informed her shortly after the monitors’ arrival that the decision to deploy them to Wyoming was made on short notice. She claimed an email sent to her may have been misdirected, leading to confusion. She further stated that the monitors’ questions were “outside the scope of federal voting rights laws,” including inquiries about how the county acquired its new election equipment and requests to examine its tabulators. Lee denied the monitors’ attempts to interview voters, asserting that such actions were inappropriate. The DOJ responded to the criticisms by referencing a statement from Wyoming’s U.S.#wyoming #mark_gordon #debra_lee #doj #laramee_county
