Another judge blocks DOJ ballot demands in California
Summary
A federal judge barred the Trump administration from demanding that California set aside ballots based on federal lists of suspected noncitizens, finding the effort likely violated the Constitution. The ruling leaves California’s election procedures in place while allowing federal officials to investigate and prosecute illegal voting; the Supreme Court could still intervene.Key Facts
- Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued the order on Monday, the eve of Election Day.
- The order bars the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security from demanding that California officials set aside ballots or change state election procedures based on federal lists.
- Boasberg said states and Congress, not the executive branch, have authority to set election rules.
- The Justice Department says its list includes more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens on California’s voter rolls.
- An expert found that at least 22 known U.S. citizens in the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights were wrongly included on the list, and another 66 members were almost certainly included.
- Earlier, a federal judge and an appeals court rejected a separate Justice Department request to make California and Los Angeles County segregate the ballots.
- Boasberg’s order does not prevent federal officials from investigating illegal voting or prosecuting people who knowingly vote illegally.
- The Supreme Court could still order California to set aside the disputed ballots.
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