by Abril Elfi at OAN
Missouri’s secretary of state and attorney general have filed a lawsuit to ban the Department of Justice (DOJ) from interfering at polling sites on Election Day.
On Monday, Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft spoke during a press release regarding the suit.
“No one is above the law,” Ashcroft said. “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.”
Last week, the DOJ announced that it would deploy election monitors to 86 voting jurisdictions across 27 states, including both Republican-led states such as Florida and Democrat-led states such as California.
According to the Washington Post, the DOJ has deployed election monitors to polling stations nationwide since the 1965 Voting Rights Act in an effort to better ensure fair ballot access and prevent partisan influence.
The number of jurisdictions to be monitored this year is a 49% increase over the 2020 election. It also roughly corresponds to the number of jurisdictions monitored by the DOJ during the 2004 election.
Ashcroft stated that in 2022,…
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