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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 31, 2026.
A temporary restraining order blocks prosecutors from demanding that ballots from alleged noncitizens be set aside, and an appeals court refused the same request.
WatchAt least two employees of the county registrar's office are ordered to appear Nov. 4, a day after a federal judge rejected the DOJ's bid to set aside ballots from 20,000 'likely' noncitizens.
Federal prosecutors gave Secretary of State Steve Hobbs 48 hours to act on a list of alleged noncitizen voters, and he says the list is riddled with errors.
A 2-1 Ninth Circuit panel said prosecutors sued less than three weeks before the midterms, as Los Angeles County found most sampled names were inactive registrations.
Election officials were given 48 hours to hand over voter information. The state says the letters contained errors, and local registrars say they are counting votes as usual.
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin found the practice likely violates the Voting Rights Act, though she paused her order until Friday afternoon so the administration can appeal.
The suit asks a federal court to bar California from counting mail ballots from suspected noncitizens; the state calls the department's voter-roll claims unsubstantiated.
Judge David Leibowitz in Miami wrote that Congress lacked the power to pass the federal statute, which leaves voter qualifications to the states.
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the defendants voted in the 2022 and 2024 general elections or this year's August primary. The charges equal a tiny share of Minnesota's 8.5 million ballots.
WatchHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has refused to explain how his department matched Social Security numbers to voter files that do not contain them. California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania say they still have no idea where the number came from.