Judge orders Trump administration to stop election official threats
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The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters.
Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials 40 minutes agoGrace Eliza GoodwinLos Angeles Times via Getty Images
A federal judge has ordered the federal government to stop threatening local and state election officials with criminal charges over their role in processing election ballots.
The California judge ruled that the Department of Justice (DoJ) must stop demanding that local and state election officials set aside or not process certain ballots that the Trump administration alleges may come from non-citizens.
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