Judge Blocks Federal Attempt to Segregate 20,000 California Ballots
A California judge refused the Justice Department's emergency request to separate ballots from suspected noncitizens, calling the move unprecedented and an attack on state election authority.
On Wednesday, a federal judge in California denied the Trump administration's request to segregate 20,000 mail‑in ballots, a decision that the judge described as unprecedented and a trampling of the state's ability to run its own election.
The Justice Department had sought an emergency order to have California sequester the ballots, alleging the voters were noncitizens, a claim reported by NBC News and the Washington Times.
The judge also affirmed that California can count the ballots of the 20,000 suspected noncitizens.
Original reporting
ABC News
Judge rejects Trump admin request for order to segregate 20,000 Calif. ballots
The Justice Department sought an emergency order in the case.
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California judge denies Trump DOJ request to segregate alleged noncitizen ballots
A federal judge in California on Wednesday refused the Trump administration’s request to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots from individuals it alleges are noncitizens.
Read the original →The Washington Times
Judge says California can count ballots of 20,000 suspected noncitizens
A federal judge rebuffed the Trump administration's demand that California sequester 20,000 ballots from registered voters who the feds say likely are noncitizens, saying the request was unprecedented and trampled on the state's ability to run its own election.
Read the original →Fox News
Trump DOJ's fight over 20K suspected noncitizen voters takes sharp turn as California ballots pour in
A federal judge blocked the Justice Department's bid to sequester ballots from over 20,000 suspected noncitizen voters on California's voter rolls.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- A federal judge in California on Wednesday refused the Trump administration's request to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots.
- 20,000 mail-in ballots
- A judge rejected the Trump administration's request for an order to segregate 20,000 California ballots.
- A federal judge rebuffed the Trump administration's demand that California sequester 20,000 ballots.
- A judge said California can count the ballots of 20,000 suspected noncitizens.
- The Justice Department
- The Justice Department sought an emergency order in the case.
- California
- Wednesday
- The judge said the request was unprecedented.
- The judge said the request trampled on the state's ability to run its own election.
- NBC News reported that the Trump administration alleges the individuals whose ballots are at issue are noncitizens.
- The Washington Times reported that the ballots were from registered voters who the federal government says likely are noncitizens.
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