Justice Department Drops Lawsuit Over California Ballots
The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its lawsuit that sought to prevent California from counting approximately 20,000 disputed ballots until the immigration status of voters could be verified.
Roanoke Lynchburg, VA, November 6, 2026 —
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced it has dropped a lawsuit aimed at preventing California from counting approximately 20,000 disputed ballots. The lawsuit had sought to withhold the counting of these ballots until the immigration status of the voters could be verified.
The legal action, initiated by the Department of Justice, focused on a specific set of disputed ballots within the state of California. The core of the dispute revolved around the verification of voter immigration status before these approximately 20,000 ballots could be included in election tallies.
Details regarding the specific reasons for the Department of Justice’s decision to drop the lawsuit were not immediately available. The timeline for when the lawsuit was filed or when it was officially dropped also was not provided. The department has not released further information concerning the resolution of this particular legal challenge.
This development marks a significant turn in the legal proceedings that sought to impose conditions on the counting of ballots based on voter immigration status. The state of California was the subject of this litigation, with the lawsuit’s objective being to halt the tabulation of a specific portion of ballots.
Story summarized from the original created by SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Associated Press on www.wfxrtv.com, see more information here.
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