“To secure elections, Missouri exercised that traditional authority by enacting a law that strictly limits who, besides ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has been cleared to send lawyers to polling sites in Missouri and Texas ... authorities" by sending poll monitors to locations throughout ...

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.” ...

ST. LOUIS — UPDATE: A U.S. District judge denied Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft's request for a temporary restraining order against the Department of Justice over poll watching plans.

"The DOJ said in its initial announcement that it regularly deploys employees to monitor compliance in elections. These monitors ... intimidating Missouri voters and harassing poll workers ...

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.

“To secure elections, Missouri exercised that traditional authority by enacting a law that strictly limits who, besides voters, can be present in a polling location. Poll monitors employed by DOJ are ...

(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 ...