Federal judge warns Trump administration bid to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots would ‘wreak havoc’ | CNN Politics
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A federal judge is refusing to allow the Justice Department to intervene in California’s ongoing mail-in ballot counting, warning that the Trump administration’s request to segregate 20,000 ballots to vet voters’ citizenship would “wreak havoc and disrupt the election that is already underway.”
An election worker handles ballots at the Orange County Registrar of Voters Facility on October 28, 2026 in Santa Ana, California.
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A federal judge is refusing to allow the Justice Department to intervene in California’s ongoing mail-in ballot counting, warning that the Trump administration’s request to segregate 20,000 ballots to vet voters’ citizenship would “wreak havoc and disrupt the election that is already underway.”
Federal Judge David O. Carter of the Central District of California said the administration’s attempt to question whether thousands of the state’svoters are noncitizens would violate the state’s right to run its own election and compromise decades of voting and civil rights protections.
