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Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots
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What happenedJustice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots". The right frames it as "DOJ drops lawsuit that tried to block noncitizen ballots in California".
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Left / center-leftJustice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots
Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots
The move comes days after Republicans' significant losses in the midterm elections and about a week before a scheduled hearing where a special master was slated to evaluate the accuracy of...
DOJ drops lawsuit that tried to block noncitizen ballots in California
The Trump administration has dismissed its lawsuit that sought to prevent California from counting some 20,000 ballots the federal government said were mailed to potential noncitizens, sayi...
