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DOJ agrees to not send monitors inside polling places after Ken Paxton files last-minute suit
After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a last-minute lawsuit Monday to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from ...
Here's why federal monitors will not be at Texas polling places on Election Day
Texas' top elections official has told federal authorities that their plan to send monitors to voting sites on Tuesday in eight counties would violate state law. "Texas law is clear: Justice ...
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Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places
Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places ...
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Texas, Missouri sue to block Justice Department from sending poll monitors
Both states are among 27 the Justice Department said on Friday it would send staff out to monitor voting locations, as it ...
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Fight brewing over federal election monitors in Texas, including in two Houston-area counties
As federal election monitors make their way to Texas, there's a last-minute political battle brewing over whether they have a ...
Missouri sues to block Justice Department from sending poll monitors
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Judge denies Missouri’s effort to block federal election monitors
A U.S. District Court judge ruled against Republican leaders who sought to bar federal monitors from polling sites in St. Louis County on Election Day.