by Maryann Martinez at Daily Mail
Declaring that Texas will ‘not be bullied by the Department of Justice,’ the state Attorney General blocked federal election monitors from going inside voting locations across the Lone Star State on Tuesday.
Department of Justice election monitors had planned to be inside polling sites in eight Texas counties, including Atascosa, Bexar (San Antonio), Dallas, Frio, Harris (Houston,) Hays, Palo Pinto, and Waller.
The feds made the announcement four days before the November 5 presidential election, adding that election monitors would be in 27 states, including Texas.
However, state attorney general and Donald Trump ally Ken Paxton sued the federal government, stating that Texas law does not allow federal representatives inside polling places or central counting stations.
‘Texans run Texas elections, and we will not be bullied by the Department of Justice,’ Paxton said in a press release Tuesday morning…
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