The Department of Justice is reminding voters of their rights and appeals for voting complaints

Floridians Vote (2020). On Wednesday, the Justice Department detailed its efforts to ensure that qualified voters have access to ballots, the opportunity to cast their votes and have them counted without intimidation, discrimination or any criminal activity. File photo by Gary I. Rothstein/UPI

Floridians Vote (2020). On Wednesday, the Justice Department detailed its efforts to ensure that qualified voters have access to ballots and can cast and count their votes without intimidation, discrimination or any criminal activity. File Photo by Gary I. Rothstein/UPI | License photo

October 30 (UPI) — The controversial nature of today’s US election has the Department of Justice working around the clock to maintain the integrity and honesty of the election.

Ministry of Justice on Wednesday described his efforts in detail ensure that qualified voters have access to ballots, the opportunity to cast their votes and have them counted without intimidation, discrimination or criminal activity.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division enforces federal laws that protect people’s right to vote and can punish violators with fines and prison terms.

The Voting Division of the Division of Civil Rights enforces federal laws that protect the right to vote, as required by the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Civil Rights Act, and other federal acts that ensure integrity federal, local and local elections.

The laws generally prohibit practices that discriminate against, intimidate, or create barriers to voting because of disability or the inability to read or write.

Provisional ballots are available to help those who are eligible and registered to vote, but whose names are not on the local voter rolls or collectors.

Federal law also requires states to allow absentee voting for active duty military personnel and their family members, as well as US citizens living abroad.

States must also allow voters to register to vote by mail or through offices that provide driver’s licenses, state ID cards, public assistance, or disability services.

Who to contact with complaints

The Civil Rights Division enforces the Americans with Disabilities Act and its provisions regarding voter registration and access for qualified voters who are disabled and may face barriers to access when it comes time to vote.

The lawyers of the Civil Rights Division are prepared to receive and respond to complaints about possible violations of federal voter rights laws and other relevant laws that protect people’s right to vote and the integrity of elections.

Anyone with a complaint can contact the Department of Justice at 800-253-3931 or file a complaint online at www.civilrights.justice.gov.

Potential ADA violations can be reported by calling 800-514-0301 or 833-610-1264 or filing a complaint online at www.ada.gov.

The Justice Department announced its efforts to uphold election integrity after several ballot boxes in Washington state and Oregon were targeted by one or more people using incendiary devices that destroy the ballots inside.

The FBI on Tuesday announced an investigation into two burning ballot boxes in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI are “working closely and expeditiously to investigate the two arsons near the voting booths … to bring to justice all those responsible,” the FBI said in a statement. prepared application.

Anyone with information about the ballot box arsons can contact the FBI office nearest them, send a report online to tips.fbi.gov or by calling 800-225-5324.

Unnamed law enforcement agencies said the two ballot box fires were likely linked to an earlier ballot box fire after one or more people used incendiary devices that contained “free Gaza” and the inscriptions “Free Palestine”, ABC News, The New York Timesand WFAA reported

Investigators said they did not know whether the incendiary devices were planted by pro-Gaza supporters or by someone sowing political enmity.