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Judge denounces DOJ lawsuit over California mail ballots as effort to "disrupt an ongoing election and create confusion"
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge, David Carter, criticized the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to segregate up to 20,000 mail ballots from alleged noncitizen voters in California as an attempt to disrupt the ongoing election and sow confusion.
- The lawsuit, filed by the Trump administration in mid-October after voting had started, aimed to prevent counting ballots from suspected noncitizens but was dismissed voluntarily after failing to obtain relief from higher courts.
- Judge Carter emphasized the sanctity of voting rights and trust in democracy, rejecting the effort to delay ballot counting pending citizenship verification.
- The Justice Department stated that because California had already mixed the challenged ballots with lawful ones, the requested relief was no longer possible, leading to the case's dismissal and cancellation of a scheduled hearing.
