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 its authority by arranging for federal officials to monitor polls in St ...

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 ...

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.

Missouri’s lawsuit had accused the Justice Department of making an 11th-hour plan that intended to “displace state election authorities” by sending poll monitors on Tuesday to locations ...

election judges, etc.” and not federal officials. The Justice Department also sought to monitor polling places in Missouri in 2022. The agency planned to have officials at Cole County ...

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.

The Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas sued the US Justice Department on Monday to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor for ...