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 places in their states on Election Day Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk ruled that Missouri did not adequately show that the presence of the Justice Department monitors would cause irreparable harm to the state and its elections.
“In practical terms, the expected harm is monitoring by two individuals at one polling place to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as contemplated by an agreement that has been in place for several years and as already done at least twice without incident,” Pitlyk wrote.
The department announced last Friday that it will send representatives to locations in 27 states, including Missouri and Texas, to monitor compliance with federal voting rights and civil rights laws.
“I filed a suit against the Biden-Harris DOJ for sending unauthorized poll monitors to Missouri polling locations,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said on X . “The law is clear that Kamala Harris can’t just send unvetted individuals into our polling places. It’s illegal and undermines trust in our elections.”