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sentences that state something as happening or true
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18%
3 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A federal judge has barred the justice department from threatening or coercing election workers to stop processing ballots.
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judge → bar → ballots
The order issued late Friday also bars the justice department from demanding local election officials segregate or not count ballots that the federal government deems may have been cast by ineligible voters.
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government → issue → voters
It marks another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over local elections.
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It → mark → elections
It comes after a federal appeals court on Friday rejected the justice department’s request for California to set aside disputed ballots received in the midterm election, the latest setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over state-run elections.
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California → come → elections
The administration has alleged California sent ballots to about 20,000 people who may not be US citizens.
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who → allege → people
It wants the state to set those ballots aside and not count them until citizenship can be verified.
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citizenship → want → them
California officials say the list is highly unreliable and most likely includes many people who are US citizens.
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who → say → people
A district court judge forcefully denied that request on Wednesday and warned that the justice department’s demands could disenfranchise citizens.
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demands → deny → citizens
“As the district court found – and we discern no clear error – there is no feasible way to identify and segregate the ballots of specific individuals without potentially catastrophic effects on the entire system,” the ninth circuit court of appeals panel wrote in its 2-1 ruling.
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panel → find → ruling
The majority opinion was authored by Judge Mark J Bennett, who was appointed by Donald Trump, and Judge Gabriel P Sanchez, who was appointed by former president Joe Biden.
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who → author → Biden
A justice department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ruling.
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spokesperson → respond → ruling
But in a statement about the sweeping efforts to root out noncitizen voting, it said: “Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting.
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law → root → noncitizens
Enforcing that law is not an agenda item.
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Enforcing → enforce → law
Millions of people have already voted in California in the midterm election that concludes on Tuesday.
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that → vote → Tuesday
Hundreds of thousands of ballots have already been processed.
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thousands → process → ballots
Elections officials have said that processed votes can’t be matched back to the voters who submitted them.
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who → say → them
The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Bill Essayli, has warned: “Any election official who knowingly processes the ballot of a noncitizen is opening themselves to legal jeopardy.”
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who → warn → jeopardy
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