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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge on Monday to block the U.S. Justice Department from ...

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.

Missouri’s lawsuit had accused the Justice Department of making an 11th-hour plan that intended to “displace state election authorities” by sending poll monitors on Tuesday to locations ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department ... in Missouri and Texas on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws after those Republican-led states had sued to ...

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 ...

Federal judges denied two states’ requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day. Missouri and Texas ...

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 ...

The Republican-led state of Missouri on Monday asked a judge to block the Justice Department from dispatching lawyers to St. Louis to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day.