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 finding success. A federal judge late Monday denied Missouri’s effort to ban monitors from accessing voting locations in St. Louis ...
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 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.
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.”
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.
Judge denies Missouri’s attempt to block election monitors for St. Louis
Jay Ashcroft, a Republican, said the federal officials were illegally attempting to interfere with polling places.
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,
GOP officials in 3 states move to block DOJ observers from entering polling places
GOP officials in three states have tried to block the Justice Department from engaging in its decades-long practice of sending observers into polling places.
Republicans vow to bar federal election monitoring in key states. What do monitors do?
While many on the left are calling for federal workers at voting sites, Republican leadership is fighting to block access to ...
Missouri sues to block Justice Department from sending poll monitors
The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge on Monday to block the U.S. Justice Department from sending lawyers to St.
Ashcroft sues Justice Department to block election monitors for St. Louis
JEFFERSON CITY — A U.S. district judge in St. Louis held a last-minute hearing Monday night on an effort by Missouri to ...
Texas AG to deploy ‘rapid response legal team’ to polling places on Election Day
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will deploy poll watchers to “major counties” across the state on Election Day. The announcement comes as the capstone to three months of allegations by Texas ...