Judge blocks DHS voter probes in nine states
by HOMERED: Araceli Martínez-Olguín
so nine states get their voter-fraud probes put on ice by a single jurist out of California, and the thing stays frozen right up to the moment the polls shut on Election Day. Araceli Martínez-Olguín is the name on that order, and it tells DHS to quit knocking on doors in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin. Voto Latino is tangled up in the case. Her read was that the feds built the effort on data riddled with mistakes, and that it wound up leaning on the groups helping people vote. DHS pushes back that it's after noncitizens who cast ballots, not citizens, and calls itself laser focused on exactly that. one judge deciding the terms for nine states doesn't sit right, and that order needs to be overturned
Transcript (en)
The judge in California is ordering the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether non-citizens are registered to vote. The judge found the government's effort is relying on data that is full of errors and is leading to intimidation of groups performing voter assistance efforts. No response yet from the administration. Well, the Pentagon is repositioning
