Judge rejects US Justice Dept bid to block votes from alleged noncitizens in California
By Luc Cohen, Andrew Goudsward and Nate Raymond Oct 28 (Reuters) – A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily block California from counting mail ballots for the midterm elections from more than 20,000 registered voters the department alleges are likely noncitizens. The decision marks the latest setback for President Donald Trump’s effort to boost the federal government’s role in elections ahead of the Novembe
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (100%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
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- Confirmed by 2 outlets in 2 countries.
- Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
- Propagation: first reported by The Jerusalem Post (Israel), . No word-for-word republication detected.
Headline clash across the four spheres
- US Justice Dept loses initial bid to block votes from alleged noncitizens in CaliforniaThe Jerusalem Post · Israel
- Judge denies the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballotsNPR · United States
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
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Event sources
- US Justice Dept loses initial bid to block votes from alleged noncitizens in CaliforniaThe Jerusalem PostIsraëlIsrael → United StatesEnglish
- Judge denies the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballotsNPRÉtats-UnisUnited States → United StatesEnglish