Judges deny requests to block DOJ from monitoring polls
Source: The Hill
Court Battles
Judges deny requests to block DOJ from monitoring polls
by Ella Lee - 11/05/24 8:31 AM ET
Federal judges denied two states requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day.
Both Missouri and Texas asked federal courts to keep DOJ lawyers away from their polls. Missouris attorney general and secretary of state said any monitoring would displace state election authorities, and Texass attorney general contended that Texas law alone determines who can monitor voting in Texas.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4972091-judge-wont-block-doj-election-poll-monitors/
Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
Judges: Texas And Missouri Cant Ban DOJ Monitors
November 5, 2024
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/11/judges-texas-and-missouri-cant-ban-doj-monitors/
JT45242
(2,933 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,349 posts)BumRushDaShow
(142,898 posts)And good morning!
Lovie777
(15,070 posts)gab13by13
(25,290 posts)Double up.
LiberalArkie
(16,554 posts)"Gov. Sanders will not permit the Department of Justice to improperly intimidate or unduly influence Arkansas voters which would be a violation of state law," spokesperson Sam Dubke said.
And in Missouri, where Republicans banned federal monitors in 2022, a spokesperson for Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said the secretary will "again reject any push by the DOJ to interfere in Missouri elections."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/gop-led-states-federal-poll-monitors-voting-locations/story?id=115356555#:~:text=In%20Arkansas%2C%20a%20spokesperson%20for%20Republican%20Gov.%20Sarah,not%20permit%20DOJ%20poll%20monitors%20in%20the%20state.
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LiberalArkie
(16,554 posts)FirstLight
(14,195 posts)I'm a little younger (Gen X) and don't know what this means?
dpibel
(3,350 posts)LiberalArkie
(16,554 posts)Woodrow Wilson Mann, the mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students. On September 24, Eisenhower invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807 to enable troops to perform domestic law enforcement. The president ordered the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to Little Rockinitially without its black soldiers at the request of the Department of Justiceand federalized the entire 10,000-member Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of Faubus's control.[
dpibel
(3,350 posts)At least the president did.
Them was the days.
LiberalArkie
(16,554 posts)Win Rockefeller. A great man. Defeated Faubus and started Arkansas down a liberal path including Dale Bumpers, Rob Riley, David Pryor, Joe Percell and a little known back water guy named Clinton, then Jim Guy Tucker. Followed by the death of Arkansas Liberal era the original Huckster.
LiberalArkie
(16,554 posts)maxsolomon
(35,110 posts)so they've got nothing to worry about.
MONITORING is not intimidating or influencing, FFS.
obamanut2012
(27,821 posts)SergeStorms
(19,312 posts)when there are DOJ monitors in place? The southern Trumpublicans can't have any of that!
Seinan Sensei
(706 posts)Lonestarblue
(11,855 posts)The legislature passed a partisan law that applies only to Harris County allowing them to administer the election. Republican cheating by refusing to allow people to vote or cancelling their mail ballots for minor reasons will be rampant to protect Cruz.
summer_in_TX
(3,245 posts)They can easily note problems with access for people with disabilities and any efforts to intimidate and suppress the vote from outside. Plus those who are prevented from voting can report any problems directly to them.
Harris County was one of the original 7 counties on the list as is my county, Hays.
Grins
(7,905 posts)Evidence? Point to any state where that has happened since the Voting Rights Act?
GB_RN
(3,175 posts)Ken Fuckin Paxton. What a corrupt douchebag. If theres a lawsuit against the federal government when Democrats are in control, 99.99% of the time, this asshole is behind it.
Why isnt he in jail, yet? Under indictment for about a decade (for securities fraud, IIRC).
Paxton can fuck off. When he gets there, he can keep right on fucking off.
CousinIT
(10,263 posts)The part that allowed DoJ monitors to monitor federal elections in states. Now, if the states refuse to allow it, DoJ has to get a court order.
This is part of the VRA USSC gutted.
JohnSJ
(96,650 posts)GreenWave
(9,255 posts)Clouds Passing
(2,349 posts)BComplex
(9,113 posts)The rw supremes are ignoring stare decisis, so they should be ignored.
JohnSJ
(96,650 posts)Very relieved that the Judges didn't let them get away with this.
70sEraVet
(4,163 posts)Use the 101st Airborne like Eisenhower did.
onetexan
(13,900 posts)Gore1FL
(21,920 posts)DownriverDem
(6,658 posts)repubs will do anything to win. That means lie, cheat and use the courts. repubs are mostly white, They are just full of hate. (I'm white)
Ramsey Barner
(669 posts)It looks like states can still exclude federal election monitors unless there's an agreement or a court order.
Beartracks
(13,589 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(115,604 posts)BootinUp
(49,101 posts)PortTack
(34,699 posts)Tonight!
Martin68
(24,625 posts)Rogues states cannot be allowed to derail our democracy.
Linda ladeewolf
(423 posts)For Lucas Kunce, hope he wins. Im sick to death of scarecrow Hawley.