The announcement comes a couple of weeks after people filed complaints with federal and state authorities over a Facebook post by Republican Sheriff Bruce Zuchowki.

The U.S. Department of Justice will monitor Portage County voting, a move that follows Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski's online post that told residents to "write down" the addresses of Kamala Harris supporters.

Portage County have expressed concerns about "intimidation." Now, the U.S. Justice Department has announced that it will monitor voting in Portage County to ensure that federal laws are being upheld during the early voting period and on Election Day.

The U.S. Justice Department will send election monitors to an Ohio county where a sheriff was recently accused of intimidating voters in a social media post

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday it will monitor voting in a county in northeast Ohio, citing intimidation concerns stemming from a social media post from a local sheriff about migrants.

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it will oversee voting in Portage County, Ohio, weeks after the county sheriff was accused of making a statement intimidating supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris.