Judge Carter to Appoint Special Master Over 20,000-Name Voter List as DOJ Push Falters
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Oct 28
Judge Carter to Appoint Special Master Over 20,000-Name Voter List as DOJ Push Falters
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Oct 28
Summary
Judge David O. Carter said he will appoint a special master to examine how the Justice Department compiled its list of roughly 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters, signaling a setback for the administration days before California's election.
Carter appeared doubtful about the DOJ's bid for emergency relief, calling the requested segregation of ballots a "monumental change" to election administration and declining to grant a temporary restraining order at Tuesday's hearing.
The judge also warned that DOJ letters suggesting possible prosecution of state and county officials over ballot tabulation should stop immediately, after California argued the suit could disrupt vote counting and intrude on state control of elections.
That scrutiny follows a federal appeals court's rejection Monday of the DOJ's request to force California to set aside the ballots, while Los Angeles officials said a sample of 200 names included many U.S.-born individuals and others with no voting history.