After the DOJ said it would dispatch monitors to eight Texas counties, including Harris, the state's top officials said they would not be permitted inside the polling locations
Texas' top elections official said Friday that federal inspectors can't be inside polls or places where ballots are counted.
The Justice Department regularly sends monitors across the country to keep an eye out for potential voting rights violations during major elections. The agency said monitors would be on the ground in 86 jurisdictions in 27 states - including Atascosa, Bexar, Dallas, Frio, Harris, Hays, Palo Pinto and Waller counties.
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