Court ruling allows Trump administration ballot requests to proceed

Politics · First reported 3 Nov, 02:48 · Updated 03:22

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A federal judge declined to temporarily block the Justice Department from asking election officials to set aside ballots cast by suspected noncitizens, finding no evidence that states had acted on the requests. A separate right-side report describes a Tuesday appeals-court decision allowing election workers to hold such ballots while they await counting.

On Monday, US Chief District Judge James Boasberg denied Democratic groups’ request to temporarily block the Justice Department from asking state officials to set aside ballots cast by potentially tens of thousands of people.
Boasberg said the groups had not shown that any state had segregated ballots or removed voters from rolls in response to the government’s requests, leaving them without grounds for the requested early intervention.
Blaze Media reports that a Ninth Circuit decision on Tuesday cleared the administration to ask election workers to set aside suspected noncitizen ballots and wait before counting them.

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Key facts

Judge: US Chief District Judge James Boasberg
Ruling date: Monday, according to the centre report
Lawsuit filed: October 20
Appeal status: The centre report says the ruling may be appealed.
Appeals-court report: Blaze Media says the Ninth Circuit cleared the administration’s request on Tuesday.