The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge to block the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to St.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft brought a lawsuit Monday against the Department of Justice, alleging it overstepped ...

A federal judge late Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican leaders to ban Justice Department election monitors ... Texas had sued to block the monitors. The developments came ...

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Attorney General Andrew Bailey, both Republicans, filed a lawsuit earlier Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Justice’s plans to monitor polls ...

LOUIS — UPDATE: A U.S. District judge denied Missouri ... on Election Day).” This is the second general election that Ashcroft has pushed back against DOJ election monitors in the state.

The U.S. Department of Justice said it will be monitoring polls in 27 ... and has authorized monitors to be present to document their compliance." JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary ...

The Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas sued the US Justice Department on Monday to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor for ...

Three Republican-led states – Texas, Florida and Missouri – sued to block the Justice Department's election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, the Associated Press ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Department of Justice over a dispute involving the agency’s plan to use federal agents as election monitors ... such as Texas, Missouri, and Florida.

(Charlie Riedel/AP) 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 ...

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.