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Judge blocks Trump administration from pressuring states over non-citizen voting
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A US judge on Nov 2 temporarily barred the Trump administration from moving ahead with a plan it says would prevent non-citizen voting, but that critics say risks disenfranchising eligible voters and infringing on states’ authority over elections.
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critics → bar → elections
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan barred the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security from sending states lists of registered voters the administration says may not be citizens, and from asking state election officials to separate out those voters’ ballots or not count them until citizenship is proven.
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citizenship → bar → them
The ruling marks the latest in a series of legal setbacks for President Donald Trump’s efforts to assert federal control over election administration ahead of the Nove 3 midterms.
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ruling → mark → midterms
Trump’s fellow Republicans are battling to retain majorities in both houses of Congress.
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Republicans → battle → Congress
Non-citizen voting is illegal and all available evidence shows that it is exceedingly rare.
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it → show → ?
But Trump, who falsely asserts that his loss in the 2020 presidential election was due to fraud, has long accused states – which are responsible for administering elections – of facilitating non-citizen voting.
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which → assert → voting
Over the past month, the Trump administration ramped up a pressure campaign against election officials over alleged non-citizen voting by sending letters to officials in California and Washington state demanding they not count any ballots from people on lists of voters the administration said may not be citizens.
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administration → ramp → lists
In response, voting rights and privacy advocates asked Chutkan to temporarily prevent the Trump administration from sending such lists to states and making such demands.
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advocates → ask → demands
The plaintiffs alleged the administration was violating the Privacy Act of 1974, which restricts the federal government’s ability to disclose sensitive private information.
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which → allege → information
The Justice Department said in a court filing on Oct 31 that its letters to California and Washington were part of an effort to enforce a federal law banning non-citizen voting and did not amount to a distinct policy subject to review by a federal court.
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letters → say → court
Earlier this week, a federal judge in Los Angeles rejected the Justice Department’s request to order California to temporarily set aside mailed ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters it said were likely not citizens.
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it → reject → voters
Chutkan, a Washington DC-based appointee of former Democratic President Barack Obama, said the administration’s data may not be reliable, meaning there was a risk that lawfully registered voters would be disenfranchised.
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voters → base → Obama
An appeals court rejected on Oct 30 the department’s request for an emergency order pending appeal.
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court → reject → appeal
Also on Oct 30, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered the Justice Department to stop threatening to prosecute state and local election officials who do not comply with the Trump administration’s demands over alleged non-citizen voting.
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who → order → voting
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