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Judge denies the Justice Department's bid to stop processing California ballots
People extract ballots from their envelopes and prepare them to be scanned for counting in the Vote-By-Mail Processing Boards area at the Orange County Registrar of Voters Facility in Santa Ana, Calif. on Oct. 28, 2026.
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A federal judge rejected an emergency request from the Department of Justice to separate thousands of California mail‑in ballots during the 2026 midterm elections. The decision was issued as workers extracted ballots from envelopes and prepared them for scanning at the Vote‑By‑Mail Processing Boards area of the Orange County Registrar of Voters Facility in Santa Ana on Oct. 28, 2026. The ruling leaves the ballots to be processed with the rest of the state's mail‑in votes.
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