Tag: blocks
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Federal judge blocks Virginia from dropping alleged non-citizens from voter rolls
A federal judge on Friday granted a Department of Justice request to block Virginia from systematically removing alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls this close to an election. U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles ordered the state to stop its program immediately and restore the voter registrations of more than 1,600 people who were removed in…
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Judge blocks Florida surgeon general from threatening TV stations over abortion rights ad
A federal judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order against Florida’s surgeon general, the latest development in a legal battle over a television ad supporting the state’s abortion rights ballot measure. Earlier this month, the Florida Department of Health sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple broadcast stations that had aired the ad, threatening criminal charges…
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Federal judge blocks Alabama’s voter purge program ahead of election
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program that flagged thousands of registered voters and accused them of illegally registering in the state. The Justice Department had filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama challenging the program aimed at removing voters from its election rolls, arguing it was too close to…
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Georgia judge blocks rule requiring counties to hand-count Election Day ballots
A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state’s election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand, a provision critics had said would cause delays in reporting results in the battleground state. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his decision that…