A judge denied Missouri’s emergency request to prevent the Department of Justice from monitoring polling places in deep-blue St. Louis on Election Day, according to an order issued late Monday night.
Judge Sarah Pitlyk, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, said she was “not persuaded” by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s eleventh-hour motion, noting that the DOJ only planned to make sure polling places in St. Louis were compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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