Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will deploy poll watchers to “major counties” across the state on Election Day. The announcement comes as the capstone to three months of allegations by Texas Republicans that state and national Democrats intend to commit widespread voter fraud — charges for which the state GOP has not provided evidence.

Texas leaders say they intend to stand their ground over a state law banning federal election monitors from entering places where ballots are being cast or counted across the state on Election Day. Why it matters: The U.

The Justice Department announced last week that it’s deploying election monitors in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states on Election Day.