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 “regularly deploys its staff to monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections in communities all across the country.”
Texas, Missouri judges deny requests to block DOJ from sending poll monitors
U.S. judges have denied requests from the Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws.
Texas Blocks Election Monitors Entering Polling Locations
The state reached an agreement with the Department of Justice, which is dispatching civil rights monitors to eight locations in Texas.
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, 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.
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.
Some GOP-led states won't allow federal poll monitors at voting locations, officials say
Some Republican-led states will not allow federal poll monitors at voting locations on Election Day, officials tell ABC News.
Missouri Sues to Block DOJ Election Poll Monitors
Missouri on Monday sued to block the Justice Department from sending its election monitors to St. Louis, one of several Republican-led states trying to deny them access to polling sites. The department will dispatch monitors to 86 jurisdictions in 27 states on Tuesday,
Judge denies Missouri request to block DOJ from monitoring polls
A judge denied Missouri’s emergency request to prevent the DOJ from monitoring polling places in St. Louis on Election Day.
SD Secretary of State permits DOJ monitoring in letter, but won't allow feds to poll watch
Justice Department monitors will be allowed to observe the voting process in four South Dakota counties, but not as "poll watchers."
MO officials oppose federal monitors at polling sites
On this Election Day eve, there's already a potential wrench in the works at polling places in the City of St. Louis.
GOP States Can't Block DOJ Poll Monitors
Republican led-states seeking to block Justice Department election monitors from standing outside polling places aren’t ...
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 ...
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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 reaches election day agreement with DOJ over federal poll monitors
On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a federal complaint seeking to block DOJ monitors ... Texas argued ...