Judge blocks Homeland Security's election door-knocking on likely citizens in nine states

Late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California barred the Department of Homeland Security from election-related field operations and interviews involving people officials know or suspect are U.S. citizens in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin, until polls close on Election Day. She paused the order until 5 p.m. Friday so the government can seek an appeal. She found the practice likely violates the Voting Rights Act's protections against intimidation.