U.S. attorney assigns staff member to Dodge for election

 U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister will send a member of his staff to monitor voting Nov. 6 in Dodge City.

“Every citizen must be able to vote without interference or discrimination and to have that vote counted without it being stolen because of fraud,” McAllister said Tuesday. In light of the concerns recently raised with regard to the polling place situation in Ford County, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas will have one or more lawyers present in Dodge City on election day to observe the election process, the press release said. McAllister’s office has not intervened in pending litigation, nor is it taking any position regarding that litigation, the release also said.

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