The feds will be monitoring eight Bay State cities for compliance with federal voting rights laws on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Election monitors in Massachusetts will be assigned to polling locations in Everett, Fitchburg, Leominster, Lowell, Malden, Methuen, Quincy and Salem.

A few days ago, the Justice Department announced plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states for Tuesday’s election.

“The Department’s longstanding Election Day Program is vital to combatting discrimination at the polls and furthering public confidence in the electoral process,” Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said in a statement.

“Every citizen must be able to vote without interference or discrimination,” Levy added. “My office is proud to be a part of this important effort to protect the sacrosanct right to vote.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Anuj Khetarpal has been appointed as voting rights coordinator for Massachusetts, and will lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Election Day monitoring efforts.

Nationally, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will coordinate the effort — which includes monitors from the Civil Rights Division, other Department divisions, U.S. Attorney’s Offices and federal observers from the Office of Personnel Management.

Last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the appointment of a district election officer to oversee the handling of Election Day criminal complaints, threats of violence to election officials or staff and election fraud, in consultation with Justice Department in Washington.

The Voting Rights Act (VRA) makes it illegal for states and local governments to use voting practices or election rules that deny or restrict voting rights because of a citizen’s race or color — or which result in citizens who belong to a particular language minority group having less of an opportunity than everyone else to vote for and elect their chosen public officials.

The VRA also protects voters’ rights to mark their own ballot or to be assisted by a person of their choice (where voters need assistance because of disability or inability to read or write in English).

The public can direct concerns or complaints about voting rights to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston at 833-634-8669. Complaints about possible violations of the federal voting rights laws can also be made directly to the Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C., by complaint form at civilrights.justice.gov or by phone at 800-253-3931.