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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...