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Federal judge blocks Trump administration bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots
October 29, 2026 at 02:27 AM
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Federal judge warns Trump administration bid to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots would ‘wreak havoc’
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Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to order California to set aside 20,000 ballots
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California election official says federal agents threatened him over ‘voter fraud’
(opens the publisher’s site)A federal judge has refused the Justice Department's request to segregate 20,000 California mail ballots for citizenship vetting, calling the move disruptive to the election.
- Judge David O. Carter denied the Justice Department's emergency motion to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots pending citizenship checks.
- Carter wrote that voters meeting California's registration requirements must not lose their voting right over unfounded allegations.
- The Ninth Circuit appellate panel ruled 2-1 against the department's earlier attempt to bypass Carter's court.
- Butte County clerk Keaton Denlay said federal agents delivered a list riddled with errors and threatened prosecution, and he declined to act on it.