Sen. Richard Blumenthal says a federal watchdog effort to stop voter suppression is in high gear ahead of Election Day.

He says anti-voting tactics are desperate and brazen, but will meet with a ruthless enforcement campaign by government officials whose job it is to keep the process honest.

Blumenthal says barriers to the ballot box are motivated by politics, and the integrity of the voting process should never be tainted political tampering.

He pledged to watch the voting process personally and call out anybody attempting to promote the disenfranchisement of voting blocs, which he says undermines freedom in the most fundamental level.