State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced California will deploy its own election observers after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said DOJ would monitor polls in five counties.

The Justice Department will send election monitors to Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Kern and Fresno counties.

Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted the monitors as an attempt at voter suppression ahead of the Nov. 4 special election.

It’s common to see election observers at voting stations, but generally less so for them to come from the federal government. Some from the Trump administration will be on the ground in several California counties next month.

"Hopefully the DOJ monitors keep a low profile. If AG Pam Bondi really wants an election that is free and fair, her DOJ reps will not mess it up," says Fresno Bee opinion writer Tad Weber.

The latest Emerson poll, conducted on October 20 and October 21, shows Hilton with a slim lead in the crowded field to replace outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom in California next year. The Republican has the support of 16 percent of California's likely voters, whereas Porter is backed by 15 percent.

Conservative voters in Northern California are alarmed that a ballot measure designed to diminish Republican representation could pass in November.

As the Trump administration's Department of Justice prepares to send election monitors to California for next week's election, California's attorney general on Monday said the state will have its own observers keeping an eye on them.

With less than two weeks before election day, California voters appear poised to pass the state’s redistricting measure, Proposition 50, to counter Republican redistricting efforts in Texas to

The campaign’s final weeks have turned into a statewide scramble to persuade California voters to temporarily override the independent redistricting commission that they approved less than two decades ago.

This summer, a fired-up Kevin McCarthy vowed to personally lead the fight against California Democrats’ redistricting push, aiming to raise $100 million to help protect Republican lawmakers in his home state.