But the state’s initial lawsuit Monday asked that the Justice Department be blocked from taking poll monitoring actions within Missouri and “anywhere else within DOJ’s jurisdiction.” ...
A federal judge late Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican leaders to ban Justice Department election monitors from entering polling sites in St. Louis County on Election Day.
Specifically, Missouri sought to prevent federal poll monitors from entering its polling places, arguing that their presence would violate Missouri election law. After ordering a prompt response ...
Missouri’s lawsuit argued that the Justice Department’s plan to send poll monitors on Tuesday amounted to a “last-minute” attempt to “displace state election authorities,” Reuters reports. DOJ counsel ...
Nov. 5 (UPI) --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 ...
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 ...
A couple drowned on their way to work their local polling center on Election Day, according to Missouri police and news reports. The couple, a 73-year-old woman and 70-year-old man, were driving ...
A married couple in Missouri volunteering as poll workers on Tuesday died tragically in flash floods that rocked southern and eastern parts of the state on Election Day, according to local officials.
“The DOJ knows ... Department monitors should not be allowed into polling places under Texas law. The Florida secretary of state made a similar statement, and on Monday, Missouri also filed ...