U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Rule Changes

Hearing the Washington challenge to the Justice Department's ballot-sequestration letter

The Justice Department sent California and Los Angeles County a list of about 20,000 registered voters on October 13 and asked officials to set aside their ballots. Both refused. On November 4, an 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled 6-5 that the department may keep asking, and may keep warning that counting a challenged ballot is a federal crime.

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