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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Salter

Missouri Republican election challenger says he should be allowed to watch early voting

APTOPIX Election 2024 Missouri Early Voting - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A Republican committeeman has asked a judge to stop early voting in Missouri’s third-largest county until it allows “watchers” or "challengers” to observe the polls.

Early voting will continue in St. Charles County until a judge issues a decision, the county’s elections director, Kurt Bahr, and Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said. Early voting locations in the Republican-leaning suburban county near St. Louis were open Thursday, a day after Travis Allen Heins filed for his injunction.

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