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.

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has been cleared to send lawyers to polling sites in Missouri and Texas on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights ...

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 ...

Federal judges denied ... of Election Commissioners agreed to let the Justice Department monitor for compliance — including on Election Day. U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk found that Missouri ...

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.

LOUIS — UPDATE: A U.S. District judge denied Missouri ... said the DOJ's monitoring was "the federal government is attempting to illegally interfere in Missouri’s elections.” ...

Federal judges denied ... Missouri and Texas seeking to block the Justice Department's plan to send election monitors to polling places in their states on Election Day Tuesday. U.S. District Judge ...