The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge to block the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to St.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft brought a lawsuit Monday against the Department of Justice, alleging it overstepped ...

A federal judge late Monday rejected an effort by Missouri’s Republican leaders to ban Justice Department election monitors ... Texas had sued to block the monitors. The developments came ...

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Attorney General Andrew Bailey, both Republicans, filed a lawsuit earlier Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Justice’s plans to monitor polls ...

LOUIS — UPDATE: A U.S. District judge denied Missouri ... on Election Day).” This is the second general election that Ashcroft has pushed back against DOJ election monitors in the state.

The only location in Missouri it is sending poll monitors to is St. Louis, which in January 2021 reached a settlement with the Justice Department over concerns about architectural barriers and ...

The Republican-led state of Missouri on Monday asked a judge to block the Justice Department from dispatching lawyers to St. Louis to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day.