A judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials in the United States, following the delivery of letters demanding that ballots from possible non-citizen voters be set aside.
The ruling came after election officials received correspondence calling on them to exclude ballots associated with people whose citizenship had been questioned. The order prevents the administration from continuing threats against officials involved in administering elections.
The material supplied does not identify the judge, the court, the officials who received the letters or the number of ballots involved. It also provides no further details about the legal reasoning behind the order or any response from the administration.
The latest known development is the judicial directive requiring the threats to stop. No further information is available on whether the administration intends to challenge the order or how election officials will respond to the demands concerning possible non-citizen voters.
