Texas Blocks Election Monitors Entering Polling Locations [Video]

Texas has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) after suing to keep civil rights monitors out of its election centers.

The state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton had gone to federal court in an effort to block DOJ monitors out of eight Texas counties.

A DOJ press release had announced that the monitors would observe compliance with “federal criminal statutes that prohibit voter intimidation and voter suppression based on race, color, national origin or religion” and other civil rights laws.

The press release identified 86 jurisdictions in 27 states, including the ones in Texas: Atascosa County, Bexar County, Dallas County, Frio County, Harris County, Hays County, Palo Pinto County and Waller County.

On Tuesday, Paxton announced in writing to Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk that an agreement …