U.S. Attorneys name election complaint officers for New York districts
United States Attorneys Joseph Nocella and Jamie McDonald announced that Assistant United States Attorneys will lead their offices under the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 3, 2026 general election. The program also covers New York's early voting period, which runs from October 24, 2026 through November 1, 2026.
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In the Eastern District of New York, AUSAs Erik Paulsen and Andrew Grubin have been appointed as District Election Officers. In the Southern District of New York, AUSA David J.
Kennedy has been appointed as the District Election Officer. The appointments place the named AUSAs in charge of the districts' handling of election-related complaints.
Their responsibilities include overseeing complaints involving voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud. The work will be carried out in consultation with Justice Department headquarters in Washington.
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The announcement does not provide any allegation of wrongdoing or identify any specific incident, but it establishes the federal complaint-handling structure in the two New York districts for the election period.
