Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots
The 2-1 ruling said the Justice Department offered no feasible way to separate the ballots without disrupting the election, as hundreds of thousands have already been processed.
- On Friday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's emergency request to block California from counting mail-in ballots from about 20,000 registered voters the administration claims are noncitizens.
- The Justice Department demanded in mid-October that California election officials sequester ballots, alleging the voters were likely noncitizens. State officials questioned the list's accuracy, warning it likely includes many U.S. citizens.
- In a 2-1 decision, the court found no feasible way to segregate ballots without risking disenfranchisement of eligible voters. Judges Mark Bennett and Gabriel Sanchez wrote the request would 'override the plain and manifest dictates of the Constitution itself.'
- Federal prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas to Los Angeles County election officials regarding ballot handling. Registrar Dean Logan called the legal pressure an "intimidation" tactic, citing a "confrontational, adversarial approach" by federal officials.
- With the November 3 midterm elections approaching, the Trump administration could appeal the 9th Circuit's decision to the Supreme Court. The ruling marks the third federal court loss in one week for the administration's election interference efforts.
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Judge bars intimidation of election workers as court rejects DOJ request to set aside disputed California ballots
An appeals court rejected a DOJ request for California to set aside disputed ballots while another judge barred the department from intimidating election workers.
Appeals Court Rejects DOJ Bid To Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots - American Liberty News
The ruling comes days before the midterm elections as federal officials and California dispute the accuracy of a list of alleged noncitizen voters. A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s renewed attempt to force California to set aside ballots associated with more than 20,000 registered voters whose citizenship the Justice Department has […]
The Courts, the Ballots, and the Quiet Test of Public Trust
With the November 3 midterm elections only days away, the ordinary machinery of voting is operating under unusual scrutiny. On Friday, a panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected, for the second time in a week, the Justice Department’s request that California set aside mail-in ballots from roughly 20,000 registered voters the federal government says may not be U.S. citizens. The 2-1 ruling, joined by Trump-appointed Judge Mark Be…
(Los Angeles=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Kyung-yoon = A court has once again put the brakes on the Donald Trump administration's attempt to block the counting of mail-in ballots in California...
9th Circuit denies Trump DOJ's demand for California to set aside likely noncitizen ballots — but it's not over
The Trump administration lost a bid to force California to set aside ballots from a list of likely noncitizen voters.The Department of Justice had flagged about 20,000 likely noncitizen voters and asked California to either verify their status as legal voters or segregate any ballots from those on the list.'There is a public interest in maintaining the integrity of elections. But as discussed, the district court found that the risks that nonciti…
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