INTRO: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal from the Justice Department on Friday seeking to force California to separate ballots from 20-thousand people that it alleges are non-U-S citizens. The court ruled separating the ballots would negatively impact the upcoming midterm elections. Speaking at a campaign event in San Francisco on Friday … former Health and Human Services Secretary and California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Bacerra (HA-vee-air buh-SERR-uh) claims the lawsuit is a distraction from what he expects the results to be on Tuesday.
ACK: Xavier Bacerra – California gubernatorial candidate (D)
TAG: The D-O-J hasn’t commented on the ruling. Another federal judge also issued a ruling on Friday barring the Justice Department from threatening or coercing election workers to stop processing ballots.
KEYWORD: Politics, Legal, Election
