{"id":108917,"date":"2026-11-10T21:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/judge-denounces-doj-lawsuit-over-california-mail-ballots-as-effort-to-disrupt-an-ongoing-election-and-create-confusion\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T21:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:13:44","slug":"judge-denounces-doj-lawsuit-over-california-mail-ballots-as-effort-to-disrupt-an-ongoing-election-and-create-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/judge-denounces-doj-lawsuit-over-california-mail-ballots-as-effort-to-disrupt-an-ongoing-election-and-create-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denounces DOJ lawsuit over California mail ballots as effort to &#8220;disrupt an ongoing election and create confusion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington \u2014 <\/em>A federal judge on Tuesday condemned a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to force California to set aside mail ballots from up to 20,000 alleged noncitizens as an attempt to &#8220;disrupt an ongoing election and create confusion and uncertainty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cacd.1043513\/gov.uscourts.cacd.1043513.181.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-paragraph order<\/a> from U.S. District Judge David Carter came in response to the Trump administration&#8217;s move to <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cacd.1043513\/gov.uscourts.cacd.1043513.180.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voluntarily dismiss<\/a> the suit it filed against California officials and Dean Logan, the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder and county clerk, just weeks before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This lawsuit attempted to disrupt an ongoing election and create confusion and uncertainty for voters and election workers alike,&#8221; Carter wrote. &#8220;The right to vote is sacred. So, too, is trust in our democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/justice-department-california-lawsuit-mail-ballots-noncitizens\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">filed its lawsuit<\/a><\/span> after alleging that there were more than 20,000 people who it believed were not U.S. citizens but were registered to vote in California. It sought a court order forcing election workers to separate mail ballots returned by those it had identified as suspected noncitizens.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed in mid-October, after voting in California had begun and after hundreds of thousands of mail ballots had already been returned to election offices.<\/p>\n<p>Carter, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-rejects-trump-california-mail-ballots\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rejected the Trump administration&#8217;s effort<\/a><\/span> to require election workers to put aside those ballots and not count them until voters&#8217; citizenship could be verified. After <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/california-justice-department-ballots-appeals-court\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">failing to secure<\/a><\/span> similar relief from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-california-mail-ballots-alleged-noncitizens\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the Supreme Court<\/a><\/span> before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the Justice Department notified Carter on Saturday that it would be <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/justice-department-drops-lawsuit-california-ballots-alleged-noncitizens\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dismissing the case<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In light of the Supreme Court&#8217;s denial, the United States is evaluating how to best ensure that American votes are protected, including by preventing vote dilution by noncitizens,&#8221; a Justice Department lawyer wrote in a filing.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration said that by the time of the court&#8217;s next hearing in the case, set for Friday, &#8220;California will have already commingled the challenged ballots with lawful ones. There is then no way to get the challenged ballots segregated. 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