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 ...
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 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,
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.
Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department 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.
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.
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.
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 withdraws request to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections
The move follows an agreement reached late Monday between the federal agency and the Texas attorney general’s office. The DOJ agreed their monitors in eight Texas counties will remain outside and at least 100 feet away from polling and central count locations.
Missouri sues US Justice Department to block it from sending poll monitors
The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge on Monday to block the US Justice Department from sending lawyers to St. Louis on Election Day to monitor for compliance with federal voting rights laws,
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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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.