A federal judge late Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican leaders to ban Justice Department election monitors from entering polling sites in St. Louis County on Election Day.

JEFFERSON CITY — A U.S. district judge in St. Louis on Monday night rejected an effort by the state of Missouri to block federal election monitors for St. Louis on Election Day.

A judge denied Missouri’s emergency request to prevent the Department of Justice from monitoring polling places in deep-blue St. Louis on Election Day, according to an order issued late Monday ...

Missouri and Texas are among the 27 states where the Justice Department plans to send staff to monitor voting locations, continuing a long-standing practice during national elections. Missouri’s ...

Nov. 5 (UPI) --A pair of federal judges rejected requests from the attorneys general of Missouri and Texas seeking to block the Justice Department's plan to send election monitors to polling ...

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.

Federal judges denied two states’ requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day. Missouri and Texas … ...

Republican led-states seeking to block Justice Department election monitors from standing outside polling places aren’t finding success. A federal judge late Monday denied Missouri’s effort to ...

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 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.