Judge Refuses DOJ Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots — and the Government Is Already Appealing
A federal judge declined to order California election officials to segregate and not count ballots the Trump administration claimed came from non-citizens. The case is not over, and the federal government has filed notice it will appeal.
A federal judge has denied the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballots, rejecting the Department's demand in the state. The Department had demanded that California segregate and not count ballots from people it claimed were non-citizens; the judge declined to order election officials to do so — 20,000 ballots in all.
The judge was David Carter, a US district judge who was nominated to the federal bench by Bill Clinton. For voters who believe ballots should be checked before they are counted, this will read as one more courtroom obstacle placed in front of a straightforward request for verification.
The fight is not finished: the case is not over yet, and the federal government immediately filed notice that it will appeal.
The Guardian described the Justice Department's request as legally thin and as appearing designed to cast doubt over the results of the midterms, and reported that the ruling came about two weeks after the Department delivered a USB drive to election officials. Readers skeptical of the national press will notice how quickly a live legal dispute was characterized as a political one.
Original reporting
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Judge denies the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballots
While the judge rejected the Department of Justice's unprecedented demand in California, the case isn't over yet. The federal government immediately filed notice that it will appeal.
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Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots
Justice department had demanded state segregate and not count ballots from people it claimed were non-citizens A federal judge declined to order California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from people the Trump administration claimed were non-citizens, rebuffing a legally thin request from the justice department that appeared designed to cast doubt over the results of the midterms. The ruling from US district judge David Carter, nominated to the federal bench by Bill Clinton, comes about two weeks after the justice department delivered a USB drive to election officials in…
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- A judge denied the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballots.
- The judge rejected the Department of Justice's demand in California.
- The case is not over yet.
- The federal government immediately filed notice that it will appeal.
- A federal judge rebuffed the Trump Justice Department's bid to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots.
- The Justice Department demanded that California segregate and not count ballots from people it claimed were non-citizens.
- A federal judge declined to order California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from people the Trump administration claimed were non-citizens.
- 20,000 ballots
- David Carter is a US district judge.
- David Carter was nominated to the federal bench by Bill Clinton.
- The Justice Department
- The Trump administration
- California
- The Guardian described the Justice Department request as legally thin and as appearing designed to cast doubt over the results of the midterms.
- The Guardian reported that the ruling came about two weeks after the Justice Department delivered a USB drive to election officials.
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