Judge rejects Trump effort to block California ‘noncitizen’ ballots
Summary
A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s request to stop California from counting more than 20,000 mail ballots tied to people it identified as alleged noncitizens. The department appealed the ruling, which came six days before the midterm elections.Key Facts
- US District Judge David Carter ruled on Wednesday that the federal government could not require California to exclude the ballots.
- The Justice Department filed its lawsuit on October 15 and appealed Carter’s decision to the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals.
- The administration has issued more than 100 subpoenas seeking records on tens of thousands of voters in at least 13 states.
- A whistleblower said the federal investigation scrutinizes voters nationwide and may include US citizens.
- Democracy Docket reported that one in four voters on Los Angeles County’s alleged noncitizen list were born in the United States.
- California said its safeguards against noncitizen voting are robust and that the federal government relied on suspect data.
- Noncitizens are barred from voting in US federal elections.
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