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Old 11-05-2024, 12:00 PM   #23837
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DOJ was allowed in all three states. So I guess I believed right.
I don’t think the situation we were discussing ever occurred. Judges in Missouri and Texas refused to grant injunctions and the states agreed to let them in.

I think you said they wouldn’t be able to go to court in time. In the Missouri case the courts ruled in favour of the DOJ. We never really got the test of the DOJ trying to go when a state tried to ban them.[QUOTE][/QUOTE]

https://www.democracydocket.com/news...olling-places/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/missou...rs-2024-11-04/

It happened exactly as I outlined. They went to court failed to get injunctions and then allowed observers in

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You have the question backwards what gives the Justice apartment any right to go there? The answer is the voting rights act.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...ng-rights-laws

But if a court rules certain aspects of the act unconstitutional then the Justice department has no right to be there.
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It is the Justice department, how are they going to stop them?
Right wing nuts: We refuse to let you in to do your job!
Justice department: Well these military guys with guns say you will.
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And exactly how is that going to happen before an election tmrw? Looking at your posts I am assuming you are a republican supporter?
I will let you decide which of the two posters more accurately described the process of what would happen.
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