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Federal election monitors from the Justice Department won't be allowed into Texas polling places. The state's top elections official told the feds it's not going to happen. Justice had announced a plan to send monitors to eight counties on Election Day to make sure federal voting rights laws were being followed. Bexar and Atascosa Counties were on the targeted list. Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson told the federal agency on Friday that the Texas Election Code doesn't authorize federal election monitors to enter polling places.