Judge rejects DOJ's push to force California to set aside ballots

A federal judge rejected the Trump administration's request to compel California election officials to segregate mail ballots from approximately 20,000 individuals the DOJ claimed were not U.S. citizens. US district judge David Carter rebuffed the justice department's legally thin demand, which followed the delivery of a USB drive containing the names of the alleged non-citizens to officials in Sacramento and Los Angeles. The ruling prevents the state from separating these specific ballots from the general voter rolls.