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.
The United States Department of Justice will keep its federal election monitors out of Texas polling places after a lawsuit from Attorney General Ken Paxton.Paxton's office says the DOJ agreed on Monday night that poll watchers will not enter Texas polling and central count locations.The monitors will remain outside, at least 100 feet away from the locations.The Justice Department routinely sends election monitors to polling locations across the country to watch for voting rights violations.
Secretary of State Jane Nelson sent a letter to the federal agency that state law does not allow federal monitors in polling sites or where ballots are counted.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.
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