The Department of Justice said it would send federal election monitors to polling locations in 8 Texas counties. Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing to keep them out.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing to keep federal election monitors out of the state.The Justice Department routinely sends election monitors to polling locations across the country to watch for voting rights violations.A press release from the department said the monitors would make sure "federal criminal statutes that prohibit voter intimidation and voter suppression based on race, color, national origin or religion" and other civil rights laws are followed.
Paxton filed his lawsuit against US Attorney General Merrick Garland and other officials from the Biden Administration in a federal court in Amarillo.Paxton says the election monitors infringe on the state's authority to run elections."Texas will not be intimidated and I will make every effort to prevent weaponized federal agencies from interfering in our elections," said Paxton in a statement.
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