Missouri sues DOJ in effort to block poll monitors

The Republican-led state of Missouri on Monday asked a judge to block the Justice Department from dispatching lawyers to St. Louis to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day.

Missouri's attorney general and secretary of state claimed in the lawsuit that, "at the 11th hour," the DOJ is seeking to "displace state election authorities" by sending monitors to polling locations across the city.

The Justice Department announced its intent to send poll monitors to 27 states in a press release Friday...