DOJ warns local election officials of impostors posing as federal election monitors

With Election Day just days away, the Justice Department has warned local election officials about anyone who may be posing as impostors to monitor election procedures. Friday was another busy day of early in-person voting at polling sites across Miami-Dade. So far, the lead-up to Election Day has gone off without a hitch, officials said. Everything is running very smoothly in Miami-Dade County, said Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia. Despite everything running smoothly so far, Garcia told 7News the Department of Justice has been warning municipalities across the country to watch for impostors posing as federal election monitors. We did receive a report that, in other places, people had been pretending to be DOJ and they would never do that, said Garcia. Up to now, officials say there have been no reports of impostors showing up at any polling places in Miami-Dade. Though this election cycle has been incident-free in that regard, there has been a rec