{"id":121208,"date":"2024-11-02T12:32:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T05:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121208"},"modified":"2024-11-02T12:32:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T05:32:59","slug":"texas-tells-doj-that-election-monitors-not-allowed-in-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121208","title":{"rendered":"Texas tells DOJ that election monitors not allowed in polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-plugin c-plugin--default c-plugin--narrow is-hidden-print c-plugin--seamless\">\n<div class=\"c-plugin__inner\">\n<figure>\n    <iframe title=\"Article narration\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none;\" data-project-id=\"kJdMwATp9zKnrhK0cHGq\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><figcaption class=\"has-text-gray-dark t-links-underlined t-size-xs\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Audio recording is automated for accessibility. 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See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/ethics\/#ai-policy\" tabindex=\"-1\">AI policy<\/a>, and give us <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appFeleeKVUN0Iytx\/pagPG40gbkU0EfjIr\/form?prefill_Where+did+you+view+the+content%3F=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.texastribune.org\/2024\/11\/01\/texas-justice-department-election-monitors\/\" tabindex=\"-1\">feedback<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/newsletters\/the-brief\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=trib-ads-owned&amp;utm_campaign=trib-marketing&amp;utm_term=inline-CTA-brief\">Sign up for The Brief<\/a>, The Texas Tribune\u2019s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"t-copy has-xxl-vert-marg\"\/>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">Texas\u2019 top elections official told the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday its election monitors aren\u2019t permitted in Texas polling places after the agency announced plans to dispatch monitors to eight Texas counties on Election Day to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">The Justice Department regularly sends monitors across the country to keep an eye out for potential voting rights violations during major elections. The agency said monitors would be on the ground in 86 jurisdictions in 27 states \u2014 including Atascosa, Bexar, Dallas, Frio, Harris, Hays, Palo Pinto and Waller counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">Late Friday evening, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson told the federal agency that its election monitors aren\u2019t among those allowed inside <a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/docs\/el\/htm\/el.61.htm\">Texas polling places<\/a> or in <a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/EL\/htm\/EL.127.HTM\">central locations where ballots are counted<\/a> under state law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">\u201cRest assured that Texas has robust processes and procedures in place to ensure that eligible voters may participate in a free and fair election,\u201d Nelson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TXsecofstate\/status\/1852511234819596772\">wrote to a DOJ official Friday evening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">For decades, the Justice Department has dispersed election monitors across the country to observe procedures in polling sites and at places where ballots are counted. That was a power granted to the federal government under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed discriminatory voting practices and sought to equalize voting access. After the U.S. Supreme Court gutted parts of the law years ago, the agency now must get permission from state and local jurisdictions to be present or get a court order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">Officials in Florida and Missouri barred federal election monitors in 2022 \u2014 and this year, Arkansas officials <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/gop-led-states-federal-poll-monitors-voting-locations\/story?id=115356555\">told ABC News<\/a> they wouldn\u2019t be allowed there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">The agency didn\u2019t say Friday why it picked those eight Texas counties \u2014 though it will send monitors to as many jurisdictions in Massachusetts. The Justice Department has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/11\/04\/texas-ballot-counting-secure-elections\/?utm_source=liveblogshare&amp;utm_medium=social#385ae58c-37c5-48e6-95c0-a74e0caf2225\">regularly dispatched monitors to Texas<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/11\/07\/justice-department-election-monitors-texas\/\">including in 2022<\/a>, when those monitors were sent to Dallas, Harris and Waller counties. A group of Texas Democrats at the local, state and federal level had called on the federal agency in September to send election monitors to the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLloydDoggett\/status\/1840926628844880245\">state\u2019s five most populous counties<\/a> \u2014 though it ultimately planned to send monitors to three of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the Texas Secretary of State\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/gop-led-states-federal-poll-monitors-voting-locations\/story?id=115356555\">told ABC News this week<\/a> that state election inspectors would be sent to \u201cvarious locations\u201d throughout Texas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-plugin c-plugin--seamless c-plugin--flush \">\n<div class=\"c-plugin__inner\">\n<div class=\"c-prompt c-prompt--box c-prompt--livestream\" onclick=\"event.stopPropagation();\">\n<div class=\"c-prompt__content t-align-center\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-prompt__img\" src=\"https:\/\/static.texastribune.org\/media\/prompts\/promo-brief-logo.png\" alt=\"Logo for The Brief newsletter.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The most important Texas news,<br \/>sent weekday mornings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\">Election Day is Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-copy t-links-underlined t-align-left\"><i>Disclosure: Texas Secretary of State has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. 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