# The DOJ’s election monitor army isn’t having its desired effect

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Podcast: [Connect with Jacob Soboroff](https://stenobird.com/podcast/connect-with-jacob-soboroff-7904739)
Published: 2026-08-22T17:26:13+00:00
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## Resource

August 22, 2026; 12pm: Mother Jones National Voting Rights Correspondent Ari Berman; UCLA School of Law Chair in Law and Professor of Political Science Dr. Richard Hasen; Sandy Hook Promise co-founder Mark Barden; University of Michigan Law School Professor Leah Litman; Harvard University Professor of African American Studies Imani Perry; Award-winning Director of “A New Day Begun: The Black National Anthem,” Keith Michael Brown.

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