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Texas tells U.S. Justice Department that federal election monitors aren’t allowed in polling places

www.texastribune.org Texas tells U.S. Justice Department that federal election monitors aren’t allowed in polling places

Texas’ top elections official said Friday that federal inspectors can’t be inside polls or places where ballots are counted under Texas law after the DOJ announced plans to send monitors to the state.

Texas tells U.S. Justice Department that federal election monitors aren’t allowed in polling places

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Texas’ top elections official informed the U.S. Department of Justice that federal election monitors are not permitted inside polling places or counting locations under Texas law. The Justice Department plans to send monitors to eight Texas counties to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws. Despite the monitors’ presence outside polling places, Texas Democrats had previously requested their deployment to the state’s five most populous counties.

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