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Judge orders DOJ to stop trying to "intimidate" California election officials
A federal judge ordered the federal government to stop demanding that state and local election officials separate out ballots and threatening criminal prosecution for noncompliance.
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Both outlets lead on the judge’s order against federal pressure on election officials, and both frame it as a restriction on threatening or intimidating conduct. NBC News is broader, describing the order as aimed at the Trump administration amid pre-election pressure tactics, while CBS News is more specific, saying the government had been demanding that California officials separate out ballots and threatening criminal prosecution for noncompliance.
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