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Missouri Sues to Block DOJ From Sending Poll Monitors

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/missouri-jay-ashcroft-doj/2024/11/04/id/1186609/

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department in an attempt to prevent federal officials from monitoring polling locations in St. Louis on Election Day.

Ashcroft in a statement accused the Justice Department of "attempting to illegally interfere in Missouri's elections" after the DOJ announced that it would oversee polling locations in in St. Louis, one of 86 jurisdictions in 27 states that the department will monitor on Election Day "for compliance with federal civil rights laws in elections," according to a DOJ announcement issued on Nov. 1.

"The law clearly and specifically limits who may be in polling places and this action by the DOJ is not allowed," Ashcroft said.

"The secretary of state's office has full confidence in our election authorities. Voting has been underway for several weeks and we are ready for Election Day. I want to personally thank all 116 local election authorities and the thousands of poll workers across Missouri who make our elections safe, secure and credible," he added.

The only location in Missouri the DOJ is sending poll monitors to is St. Louis, which in January 2021 reached a settlement with the Justice Department over concerns about architectural barriers and other problems that could have hindered voting by people with disabilities.

As part of that settlement, the city's Board of Election Commissioners agreed to allow the Justice Department to monitor for compliance. This included the monitoring of polling places on Election Day.

The settlement was completed at the very end of the Trump administration, when Eric Dreiband previously served as the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division.

Ga. Secretary of State: Fulton County Accepting Late Ballots Not Helpful

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/georgia-fulton-county-late/2024/11/04/id/1186591/

Fulton County accepting absentee ballots “relatively late” was not “really helpful because then people have to respond to that,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday during a press conference on election integrity.

“And so, I think it caught some people unaware. So, I do think that having, you know, notice and making sure it's always timely, I think is always better, particularly when we live in a polarized society,” he added.

The Republican National Committee on Sunday filed a lawsuit after a state judge one day prior rejected allegations that Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, was violating Georgia’s election law over its extension.

“The county’s actions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by granting special privileges to voters of those counties in violation of state law, thus arbitrarily and disparately affecting against voters and candidates in other counties,” the lawsuit stated.

Other counties named are Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Clayton, Chatham and Athens-Clarke.

Raffensperger told reporters they will have to “just wait and let that work its way through the court system. But we'll follow the law. And that's what we always do.”

His office’s policy “has been we like to know what the rules are up front.”

“We'd like to have people have consistency, and Gwinnett County was receiving absentee ballots. They had people at their offices, but they had made that decision back in July. And Fulton was very relatively late.”

On the election process in general, Raffensperger said Georgia has “the cleanest voter list in the entire country.”

“We have photo ID for all forms of voting. At the end of the day, it's going to be fair and fast and accurate. I can’t control other people. I can control what we do and we’re going to do a great job,” he added.