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Judge puts Trump DOJ on the clock over last-minute California voter ambush

After the U.S. Department of Justice sued California over its refusal to remove voters the federal government alleges are noncitizens, voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration is violating a court order blocking it from rooting out noncitizens with states’ voter data. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan on Oct. 9 ruled against the Justice…

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