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 sending monitors into county polling locations and central count during Tuesday’s election, the agency agreed to remain outside ...
US Justice Department cleared to send election monitors to Texas, Missouri
The U.S. Justice Department has been cleared to send lawyers to polling sites in Missouri and Texas on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws after those Republican-led states had sued to block it from doing so.
Federal judges deny Missouri, Texas requests to block Justice Department election monitors
A pair of federal judges rejected requests from the attorneys general of Missouri and Texas seeking to block the Justice Department's plan to send election monitors to polling places in their states on Election Day Tuesday.
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 role in state-run elections.
Attorney General Ken Paxton sues to keep federal election monitors out of Texas
The Department of Justice said it would send federal election monitors to polling locations in 8 Texas counties. Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing to keep them out.
Texas sues to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections
The Justice Department regularly sends monitors across the country to keep an eye out for potential voting rights violations during major elections.
Texas officials reject federal election monitors
Texas is saying no to the feds, who had plans to send federal election monitors into the state tomorrow. Fox - 26 Houston Fox - 26 Houston
Texas Moves to Block Election Monitors
Texas is suing to keep civil rights monitors out of its election centers. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has gone to federal court in an effort to block Justice Department monitors out of eight Texas counties.
State AG Ken Paxton sues Department of Justice on Election Day eve for ‘unlawful’ monitors
The suit, announced by Paxton Monday evening, says the election monitors are ‘unlawful’ as state law governs election administration and does not
Texas won't allow federal election monitors in polls
Texas leaders say they intend to stand their ground over a state law banning federal election monitors from entering places where ballots are being cast or counted across the state on Election Day. Why it matters: The U.
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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Judge denies Missouri’s effort to block federal election monitors
The department last week announced plans to send monitors to 86 jurisdictions in 27 states, the most in two decades. In ...
Judges deny requests to block DOJ from monitoring polls
The DOJ announced its intent to send poll monitors to 27 states in a press release Friday, asserting the agency ...
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DOJ will send election monitors to more counties this year. But some GOP states are pushing back
The Justice Department said it's sending election monitors to 86 counties across 27 states on Tuesday, which is more than ...
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Texas Will Allow Justice Department Monitors Outside — Not Inside — Polling Places
The Justice Department announced on Nov. 1 that it would send compliance officials to 27 states and 86 jurisdictions across ...
DOJ to send election monitors to polls in a half-dozen Michigan cities
Six Michigan cities will be monitored by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) for compliance with federal voting rights laws ...
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Live election updates: DOJ won’t send monitors to Texas polling places after Paxton lawsuit
It’s Election Day in Texas, meaning millions of voters will head to the polls to cast their ballot for several key races, including the presidential race and the tense U.S. Senate race between U.S.