Sonoma County was one of 64 places in the country that federal monitors visited Tuesday to observe activities at polling places and make sure federal voting rights laws were being followed.
"It makes me feel proud that they want to help us perfect our processes," said Wendy Hudson, Sonoma County's chief deputy registrar of voters.
Hudson said this is the first year the county had to meet the federal bilingual requirement. She said observers would be making sure materials were printed in both Spanish and English and that poll workers were trained and ready to assist non-English speakers.
"We have a translation service available through the secretary of state's office and they want to make sure that our poll workers are aware of it and know how to use it," Hudson said.
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The county also had a sheriff’s deputy staged at its registrar of voters office just in case they needed help keeping operations running smoothly.
"Just to make sure that we don’t have any harassing activity that we might need assistance with," Hudson said.
The county said it's looking forward to the feedback from the federal monitors.
"We are confident that the Department of Justice isn’t here to beat us up," Hudson said. "They’re here to help us reach our goals."
