(DailyEmailNews.com) – Taking a bold stand against federal election monitors, Republican-led states are asserting their right to oversee their own voting processes without interference from Washington bureaucrats.
Missouri, Texas and Florida are leading the charge to protect the integrity of their elections, pushing back against an overreach by the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ).
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has filed a federal lawsuit to prevent DOJ officials from entering polling places.
Ashcroft explained the motivation behind the lawsuit, saying state law “clearly and specifically limits who may be in polling places” and that the Biden-Harris administration was “attempting to illegally interfere in Missouri’s elections.”
Texas and Florida have joined the fight, with both states informing the DOJ that their laws do not allow federal monitors inside polling locations.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson made the state’s position crystal clear in a letter: “Justice Department monitors are not permitted inside polling places where ballots are being cast or a central counting station where ballots are being counted.”
Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced that the state would send its own monitors to counter the federal presence.
However, activist federal judges have denied requests from Missouri and Texas to block DOJ lawyers from monitoring polls on Election Day.
For instance, U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk ruled that Missouri could not prove that the presence of DOJ monitors would disrupt state elections.
Pitlyk wrote, “In practical terms, the expected harm is monitoring by two individuals at one polling place to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as contemplated by an agreement that has been in place for several years, and as already done at least twice without incident.”
The DOJ claims it plans to deploy election monitors in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states, allegedly to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.
The department based its decision on claims that it “regularly deploys its staff to monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections in communities all across the country.”
Still, some view this as an attempt to intimidate voters and potentially manipulate election outcomes in favor of the federal government.
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