Justice Department drops suit over ballots it alleged belonged to noncitizens

The short version

• The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss its lawsuit seeking to stop California from counting about 20,000 alleged noncitizen ballots.[CBS News]
• California officials have said the voter list is out of date and includes legitimate voters.[CBS News]
• The motion says challenged ballots would be irreparably commingled with lawful ones by the time of an upcoming hearing.[CBS News]
• As of early Friday, about 9 million California ballots had been processed and nearly 5 million remained to be counted, according to state election officials.[CBS News]

Key facts

• The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss its lawsuit against California over roughly 20,000 ballots it alleged went to noncitizens.[CBS News]
• The motion to dismiss says the challenged ballots would be irreparably commingled with lawful ones by the time of the upcoming hearing.[CBS News]
• As of early Friday, California had processed roughly 9 million ballots, with nearly 5 million still to be counted, according to state election officials.[CBS News]
• California prosecutors have recently arrested over 30 noncitizens accused of illegally registering to vote.[CBS News]

Sources

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• DOJ dropping suit over alleged noncitizen ballotsCBS News - US
• DOJ Drops Its Bid to Force California to Segregate Disputed BallotsThe Washington Sun
• Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballotsPBS NewsHour - Politics
• US Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballotsAssociated Press