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U.S. Department of Justice drops mail-in ballot lawsuit against California

Photo of people sitting at desks with ballots.
Election workers process mail-in ballots at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in the City of Industry. (Photo by Suelki Lee)

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped its lawsuit against California, which attempted to stop the state from counting 20,000 mail-in ballots in last week’s midterm elections. Under California’s mail-in voting system, every registered voter receives a ballot in the mail. Democrats have traditionally voted by mail at twice the rate of Republicans, which caused pushback from the Trump administration.