Federal Bureau of Prisons employees serve as election monitors at polling sites

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Some user from India. All 7 submissions are politics related.

What exactly are they monitoring for, and why on earth is the gold standard of campaign volunteer monitors from all participating parties[1] insufficient to accomplish whatever the hell they are doing?

[1] Who have both the training, the ability, and the incentive to file challenges if they observe irregularities.