Federal judge orders Justice Department to stop threatening election officials in Washington state

POLITICO · Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney · 2026-11-06 02:20 UTC

Judge Jamal Whitehead says such threats have the potential to disenfranchise legitimate voters.

Judge Jamal Whitehead says such threats have the potential to disenfranchise legitimate voters.

11/06/2026 3:20 AM GMT+1 |Updated: 11/06/2026 3:59 AM GMT+1

A federal judge in Seattle has ordered the Justice Department to cease insisting that Washington state set aside ballots of people suspected of being noncitizens and stop threatening election officials who defy demands from the federal government.

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