Folks, it’s Kacee. One story on the site today, and with the midterms two days out, it’s a big one. Let’s walk through it.
A judge ordered the DOJ and DHS to stand down on prosecution threats against election workers. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson of the Northern District of California signed a temporary restraining order late Friday, Oct. 30, barring the two departments from threatening election workers with prosecution or demanding they set aside ballots when the only reason is a federal claim that the voter is ineligible. CNN reported the limits reach election offices in every state, the order runs out on Nov. 16, and a Justice Department spokesperson called it “a two-track system of justice.” Here in Kentucky, WKYT reported that 267,242 people had voted in person statewide by Saturday afternoon, and polls open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time.
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