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 on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.
U.S. Department of Justice sending monitors to polling locations, riling up GOP and Democrat leaders
The federal government will send monitors to Harris County this year to keep an eye on how the vote is conducted in Texas’ most populous county, among many others, a far from unprecedented move, but one county GOP leaders are calling a scare tactic.
Department of Justice to monitor voting rights in Nevada on Election Day
The Department of Justice will monitor 86 jurisdictions in 27 states, including Clark County, for the 2024 general election.
Some states refuse to let Justice monitors into polling places
Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department's election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities' decades-long practice
Missouri Sues to Block Justice Department From Sending Poll Monitors
The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by the state's attorney general and secretary of state, accuses the Justice Department of making an 11th hour plan that intends to "displace state election authorities" by sending poll monitors on Tuesday to locations throughout St.
Texas Will Allow Justice Department Monitors Outside — Not Inside — Polling Places
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton originally tried kicking federal monitors out of the Lone Star State, but he and the DOJ struck a new agreement.
Texas sues to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections
The move comes after Secretary of State Jane Nelson said state law bars federal monitors from being inside polling locations. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office also wants to block monitors from future elections.
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.
Texas, Missouri sue to block Justice Department from sending poll monitors
The Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas sued the U.S. Justice Department on Monday to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws.
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