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.
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 they have in recent elections.
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 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 during Tuesday’s general election. On Friday, the DOJ announced that personnel from the Civil Rights Division will be among those present at a total of 86 jurisdictions in 27 states across the country including the cities
Texas tells U.S. Justice Department that federal election monitors aren’t allowed in polling place
Texas’ top elections official said Friday that federal inspectors can’t be inside polls or places where ballots are counted under Texas law after the DOJ announced plans to send monitors to the state.
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.
'More politics than policy': Florida pushes back on federal election monitors
Election monitors are lawyers who work for the Justice Department. It helps ensure fair treatment of voters like minorities and those with disabilities, Jewett said. But Jewett said this is more about politics than policy.
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. Sen.
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
Texas AG sues Biden administration to keep federal election monitors from polling sites
Overnight, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden-Harris administration to prevent federal election monitors from showing up at polling sites. The Department of Justice said it would send monitors to eight Texas counties,
Ken Paxton files last-minute suit to block federal election monitors from Texas polling places
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 during Tuesday’s election. The Republican argued the federal monitors are not allowed inside under state law,
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 ...
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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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Texas, Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places
The 86 jurisdictions that the Justice Department will send monitors to on Tuesday include Maricopa County, Arizona and ...
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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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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 ...