Federal officials will monitor polls in these 4 Wisconsin communities

Federal officials will monitor the polls in four Wisconsin cities and towns on Election Day.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that officials would be at the polls in 86 jurisdictions around the country, including the following four Wisconsin cities and towns:

Milwaukee: Wisconsin's largest and most diverse city, which has been targeted in the past by false claims of widespread voter fraud.

Thornapple: A town in Rusk County that in October was ordered by a federal judge to return to using voting machines accessible to people with disabilities. The judge ruled Thornapple had violated federal law "by failing to provide a voting system equipped for individuals with disabilities" during the April 2 and Aug. 13 elections this year.

Lawrence: Another town in Rusk County that was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations of failing to provide voting machines accessible to people with disabilities. The DOJ previously said it had reached an agreement with the Town of Lawrence.

Wausau: A city in central Wisconsin where the mayor unilaterally decided to remove a drop box for absentee ballots.

Civil Rights Division staffers will be available on Election Day to receive questions and complaints from the public related to possible violations of federal voting rights laws. Reports may be made through the department’s website www.civilrights.justice.gov or by calling toll-free at 800-253-3931.

People with questions or complaints related to the Americans with Disabilities Act can call the department’s toll-free ADA information hotline at 800-514-0301 or 833-610-1264 (TTY) or submit a complaint through a link on the department’s ADA website at www.ada.gov.

The DOJ said complaints related to any disruptions at a polling place should always be reported to local election officials (including officials based in the polling place), while complaints related to violence, threats of violence or intimidation at a polling place should be reported immediately to local police authorities by calling 911.

Those complaints should also be reported to the department after local authorities have been contacted, the DOJ said.