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Federal Judge Blocks DOJ Demands to Segregate Washington State Mail Ballots in Midterm Standoff

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U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead granted a 14-day emergency restraining order barring the Department of Justice from demanding Washington election officials segregate mail ballots or threatening workers with prosecution.

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