“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 ...

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.

The only location in Missouri it is sending poll monitors to is St. Louis, which in January 2021 reached a settlement with ...

(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 ...

“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 ...

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft ... to be present to observe activity at polling locations. “Poll monitors employed by DOJ are not on that list,” the attorneys wrote.

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 ...