Missouri Sues DOJ to Block Election Day Poll Monitors

Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit on Monday to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from sending federal personnel to monitor polling places on Election Day. The legal action, filed by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and the Missouri Attorney General’s office, seeks to block what Ashcroft describes as “illegal interference” by the federal government in Missouri’s elections. “No one is above the law,” Ashcroft said in a press release. “The law clearly and specifically limits who may be in polling places and this action by the DOJ is not allowed. Once again the federal government is attempting to illegally interfere in Missouri’s elections.”...