US judge blocks Justice Dept over election directives
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution if they fail to comply with its directives on processing ballots.
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[Claude] Reports 2 and 3 describe the same federal judge's temporary block on Justice Department threats of prosecution against election officials; Report 3 adds only the day of the ruling, which does not conf
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