Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots
Summary
The U.S. Justice Department asked to dismiss its lawsuit seeking to stop California from counting about 20,000 ballots it said may have been cast by noncitizens. The request came before a hearing on the accuracy of the government’s list, after a federal judge had allowed California’s election to proceed and warned that separating ballots could disenfranchise eligible voters.Key Facts
- The Justice Department filed its request to dismiss the lawsuit on Friday.
- The lawsuit sought to set aside about 20,000 ballots until voters’ immigration statuses could be checked.
- California officials said the government’s list was outdated and included eligible voters.
- Judge David O. Carter had denied the federal government’s request to separate the ballots and appointed a special master to examine the list.
- The Justice Department said the state would have mixed the disputed ballots with lawful ballots by the time of the scheduled hearing.
- As of early Friday, California had processed about 9 million ballots, with nearly 5 million still to count.
- The department said it would continue pursuing suspected election-law violations and backed a separate lawsuit over California’s voter rolls.
- California prosecutors had arrested more than 30 noncitizens accused of illegally registering to vote; some were also accused of voting in earlier elections.
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