# Federal judge blocks Trump DOJ threats against election workers ahead of 2026 midterms

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/federal-judge-blocks-trump-doj-threats-against-election-workers-ahead-of-2026-midterms/
- Published: 2026-10-31T05:57:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T07:09:51+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-blocks-trump-doj-threats-against-election-workers-ahead-2026-midterms
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Judge blocks federal prosecution threats against election workers.
- The order limits action based solely on alleged voter ineligibility.
- Appeals court rejects request involving about 20,000 California ballots.

## Summary

A federal judge has temporarily barred the Trump administration from threatening election workers with prosecution over ballots linked to voters it says may be ineligible. Judge Trina Thompson found that the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security likely breached the Voting Rights Act’s ban on voter intimidation, with the midterm elections only days away.

The order prevents federal officials from pressuring state and local workers to stop processing ballots, remove voters from rolls, withhold ballots or segregate votes based solely on those allegations. Thompson also ordered officials to tell governments that received the disputed letters that their demands and prosecution threats are blocked. Separately, an appeals court rejected the administration’s request to set aside mail ballots linked to about 20,000 California voters while their citizenship was checked.

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