A lawsuit in Missouri that sought to require observers at voting sites has been thrown out by a judge.
St. Charles County Circuit Court Judge Dwayne Allen Johnson ruled that the legal action, which was presented as a complaint and a request for an emergency injunction, was actually a motion for a temporary restraining order. The motion was deficient and failed to satisfy the necessary requirements, the judge said, as he dismissed it without prejudice.
St. Charles County Republican Committeeman Travis Allen Heins had said in the Oct. 30 complaint that county officials were refusing to allow observers to watch the counting of ballots cast during early absentee voting….