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Federal judge bars DoJ from threatening election workers to stop processing ballots

31 October 2026 at 04:30

Order says local officials can’t be forced to separate or stop counting ballots that the government deems to be disputed

A federal judge has barred the justice department from threatening or coercing election workers to stop processing ballots.

The order issued late Friday also bars the justice department from demanding local election officials segregate or not count ballots that the federal government deems may have been cast by ineligible voters.

Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots

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By: Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press · Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press · Ali Swenson, Associated Press

30 October 2026 at 23:56

The administration has alleged California sent ballots to some 20,000 people who may not be U.S. citizens. It wants the state to set those ballots aside and not count them until citizenship can be verified.