Above video: Get the Facts: Can federal agents be at polling places? What voters should know Download the WJCL App for political updates: Apple | Google Play TOP RACES: GOVERNOR, LT. GOV., U.S. SENATE, SECRETARY OF STATE, U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 1, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE HOUSE, STATE SENATE COUNTY RACES: BRYAN, BULLOCH, CHATHAM, EFFINGHAM, LIBERTY, TOOMBS OTHER: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, ATLANTIC JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DA PRIMARY Poll watchers were on hand at voting locations across Chatham County on Tuesday, though local election officials said no U.S. Justice Department monitors were on the ground in the county. Officials later clarified that two DOJ monitors were expected to be on hand Tuesday night. The Chatham County Board of Elections said about 100 poll watchers representing the Republican and Democratic parties had been issued credentials. Two are allowed on the floor at a time. Chatham was one of six Georgia counties the Justice Department had identified for election monitoring, along with Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Bibb counties. Congress also sent representatives to observe the process. One local poll watcher was at First Presbyterian Church in Savannah when WJCL 22 News visited. Voter Essie Roberts said she would have liked to see more. “I feel like there should have been much more than just that one,” Roberts said. WJCL 22 News crews found at least one state, congressional or party poll watcher at each polling location they visited. First-time voter John Halbert…
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