The Justice Department will monitor key local elections in California and New Jersey in a move that officials in both Democratic-run states are criticizing as voter suppression.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will send election monitors to vote centers in California and New Jersey during the two states’ off-year elections next month.

"Transparency at the polls translates into faith in the electoral process, and this Department of Justice is committed to upholding the highest standards of election integrity," Bondi said in a state...