Harris County (Houston) was included.

Texas sues to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections

The state of Texas sued the U.S. Justice Department on Monday, seeking to block the federal agency from monitoring the state's elections after it announced plans to dispatch monitors to eight counties on Election Day to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued in his lawsuit that the Justice Department did not have any authority to dispatch election monitors, and that federal election monitors are not among those allowed inside Texas polling places or in central locations where ballots are counted under state law. Paxton asked a federal court to block the federal agency from monitoring voting in Texas this election and beyond.

Officials in Florida and Missouri barred federal election monitors in 2022 — and this year, Arkansas officials told ABC News they wouldn’t be allowed there.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2024/11/02/texas-tells-us-justice-department-that-federal-election-monitors-arent-allowed-in-polling-places/