Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will deploy poll watchers to “major counties” across the state on Election Day.

The DOJ said it would send monitors to eight Texas counties, including Harris and Waller, to monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws, but Texas Republicans say it's not needed.

An Election Day battle is underway in Texas as federal election monitors are being sent to the state even after Texas said they can't. FOX 26 anchor DaLaun Dillard has more after the Texas Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for the act.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed the Department of Justice’s efforts to prevent civil rights violations at the polls amounted to “intimidation”

Tuesday is Election Day, and Texas has already seen robust, but not record-breaking, turnout during the early voting period.

Texans heading to the polls can now check estimated wait times to plan their visit and dodge long lines, as Election Day looms with more than 9 million early voters already casting their ballots during early voting —a turnout of 48.

It’s Election Day, and Texans are heading to the polls to cast votes for national, statewide and local races. The biggest race of the election is undoubtedly the presidential matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.