The U.S. Department of Justice is sending election monitors to Utah for the upcoming November midterm election, according to Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson.

Henderson, who serves as Utah’s statewide elections official, said Thursday she has not been told how many monitors are being sent to the state, where they will be located or what, exactly, they will be looking for.

But, she told reporters, any election monitors must comply with all state laws, and they are not allowed to interfere with anyone attempting to cast ballots.

“I think that they are looking, just overall, how elections are being run, making sure everything’s on the up and up,” Henderson said. “And you know what? They are in Utah. We have open processes. ... I welcome people looking and examining. What I don’t welcome is any kind of interference.”

Henderson said the monitors will not be in uniform or wearing any kind of insignia. They will identify themselves to the poll watchers, but, aside from that, she doesn’t anticipate voters even knowing they are there.

Under state law, poll watchers can observe voters, ballot processing, signature verification and the setup and takedown of polling places. They cannot record anything that could reveal how someone voted or violate their privacy.

Reuters reported Wednesday that the Justice Department is deploying 1,000 monitors in all 50 states this year.

If people do feel like they might be uncomfortable with the monitors, Henderson said, they should make plans to vote early.

Henderson said she’s confident in the state’s voting processes and isn’t uncomfortable with having outside scrutiny from the administration.

“If they uncover some sort of a problem, if we’re violating someone’s civil rights in some way, I absolutely want to know about it,” she said.

The Justice Department sent a letter to Henderson Wednesday notifying her that there would be monitors sent to “one or more jurisdictions in your state” on Election Day.

“Our monitors only observe and take notes. They do not intrude or interfere in any way in the voting process,” said the letter from Jake Bachand, the regional coordinator for the monitors in the state. “Monitors do not talk to voters inside the polling places. Monitors are forbidden from carrying firearms, even if your state is open carry.”

The move comes after the Justice Department demanded states hand over their voter rolls to prevent potential fraud.

After Henderson refused to hand over Utah’s full, unredacted voter database, the department said it was investigating her.

Erin Covey, house editor at the Cook Political Report, says the nonpartisan poll tracker has found that election integrity is a bipartisan concern.

But that concern is “expressed in different ways,” she said.

“Republicans are concerned about the potential for fraud, with mail-in voting, Democrats are concerned more about voter suppression,” Covey said.