The U.S. Department of Justice changed course and agreed to not send election monitors into polling places in eight Texas counties, including Dallas, on Election Day, according to court documents. The decision comes after Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the agency following the Justice Department’s announcement Friday that it would deploy federal election monitors Tuesday to 86 jurisdictions across 27 states.

Within a few hours of being sued, the U.S. Department of Justice agrees not to interfere in Tuesday’s election process in Texas.

“Rest assured that Texas has robust processes and procedures in place to ensure that eligible voters may participate in a free and fair election,” Nelson wrote to a DOJ official Friday evening. For decades, the Justice Department has dispersed election ...