Texas Scorecard by Brandon Waltens November 2, 2024
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson made it clear that federal monitors won’t be allowed inside polling places.Texas’ top election official is telling the Biden-Harris administration that federal election monitors are not welcome in the Lone Star State.
Late this week, it was revealed that the Department of Justice plans to send election monitors to “monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws” in 27 states, including eight Texas counties: Bexar, Dallas, Frio, Harris, Hays, Palo Pinto, and Waller.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson made it clear that federal monitors won’t be allowed inside polling places.
In a letter to Jasmyn Richardson of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, Nelson emphasized that state law prohibits outside federal monitors from entering election sites:
“Texas law is clear: Justice Department monitors are not permitted inside a polling place where ballots are being cast or a central counting station where ballots are being counted. Section 61.001 of the Texas Election Code specifies who may be lawfully present on election day; federal inspectors are not included in the list. TEX. ELEC. CODE § 61.001(a-1). Nor are federal inspectors specified in the list of those permitted in the central counting station while ballots are counted. See id. § 127.008(b).”
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