Officials in Florida, Missouri push back against DOJ's long-standing election monitoring practice

Officials in Florida and Missouri are pushing back against routine efforts by the Justice Department to monitor local election procedures in their states, suggesting that the presence of federal monitors at polling places would be disruptive and intimidating.

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