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Appeals court declines to block California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots
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An appeals court has declined to rule on whether California elections officials can count roughly 20,000 ballots that the Justice Department alleges likely belong to noncitizen voters. Monday's decision sets the federal government and state officials up for another legal showdown Tuesday before a fe…
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California officials asked a judge to deny a Trump administration request for an order requiring the state to set aside mail-in ballots of 20,000 suspected non-citizens, saying the lawsuit is at best a “reckless political stunt” in the run-up to the midterm elections.
California’s top attorney called on a federal judge to block the Trump administration’s efforts to force the state to set aside up to 20,000 ballots that prosecutors claim could have been mailed to noncitizens.
Did California officials investigate the Department of Justice’s list of roughly 20,000 people suspected of being noncitizens or reject it without checking the names? The Honest Elections Project has filed three records requests seeking the answer to this question.
The Trump administration is racing to stop California from counting ballots cast by alleged noncitizen voters, appealing to the 9th Circuit — as state officials fight back against a federal list of more than 20,000 people.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked an appeals court to intervene in its lawsuit against California to temporarily block the state from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots cast by what the Trump administration claims are from non-U.S. citizens. The request, made to the Ninth U.S.
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Federal prosecutors sent letters Friday to California county election officials demanding they verify the citizenship of more than 1,300 voters in two counties and sequester their ballots or face legal action.
Los Angeles (AP) — Federal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday demanding that local officials set aside and verify ballots that the Department of Justice said may belong to noncitizens, according to the Los Angeles County registrar and a letter obtained by The A…
The Justice Department sent letters to county elections offices statewide Friday demanding they segregate ballots from voters the Trump administration believes are not U.S. citizens.
Federal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California demanding that local officials set aside and verify ballots that the Justice Department said may belong to noncitizens.
The Department of Justice is warning local election officials in California to cooperate with the administration to identify noncitizens on a list of registered voters or face potential legal action, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.
Homeland Security Investigations task force officers arrest a suspect accused of illegally registering to vote during a federal operation in Commerce, Calif., Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Prosecutors sent letters to registrars across California, demanding that officials set aside and verify ballots that the DOJ said may belong to noncitizens
By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday ordered California election officials to identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside their mail-in ballot – warning that officials who knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens could face criminal liability.
The DOJ says roughly 20,000 noncitizens received mail-in ballots in California and is demanding the state sequester those votes before they are processed.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sent letters to election officials in every California county asking that they identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls, according to several reports.
The letters are the latest escalation in a legal battle between California and President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, which has recently focused on the state in its efforts to root out noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.
Election officials across California, including in Contra Costa County, received letters demanding officials verify ballots that may belong to noncitizens.
The DOJ warned county leaders that they could be subject to federal scrutiny if they don’t manually segregate ballots from people the government claims may be ineligible to vote.
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - The Ninth Circuit ordered California to respond by noon Saturday to a Justice Department emergency request to segregate mail ballots sent to roughly 20,000 suspected noncitizens.
Less than two weeks before US midterm elections, the US Justice Department has warned election officials across California they could be targets of federal “scrutiny” if they refuse to help identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside their mail ballots pending citizenship checks.
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