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 Reject Texas and Missouri's Bid to Block DOJ Election Monitors
Federal judges in Texas and Missouri deny attempts to block DOJ monitors on Election Day, ensuring compliance with federal voting rights laws in key jurisdictions.
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.
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.
DOJ agrees to keep federal election monitors out of Texas polling places, central count locations
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.
Missouri sues DOJ in effort to block poll monitors
The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge to block the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to St. Louis to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day. Missouri’s attorney general and secretary of state claimed in the lawsuit that,
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.
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.
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
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Judge denies Missouri’s effort to block federal election monitors
The Justice Department last week announced plans to send monitors to 86 jurisdictions in 27 states, the most in two ...
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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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 ...
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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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 ...
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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.