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AUSTIN — The U.S. Department of Justice agreed not to enter Texas polling and central count locations or otherwise interfere with the administration of Texas elections just hours after Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the DOJ over its announcement that it would send federal agents to “monitor” Texas elections.
On November 1, just four days before Election Day, DOJ announced that it would deploy federal election “monitors” to eight Texas counties, including Atascosa, Bexar, Dallas, Frio, Harris, Hays, Palo Pinto, and Waller.
The Texas Secretary of State immediately notified DOJ that Texas law does not permit federal “monitors” inside a polling place or central counting station. On November 4, Attorney General Paxton sued DOJ and federal officials, noting no federal statute authorizes the Biden-Harris Administration to dispatch federal agents to “monitor” State elections when they are prohibited by State laws.
