Judge bars Justice Department from threatening to prosecute election officials

U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson issued a temporary restraining order on Friday barring the Justice Department from threatening to prosecute state and local election officials who do not follow the administration's demands based on its list of alleged noncitizen voters. Officials may not demand that local election offices remove those voters from the rolls, refuse them ballots, or segregate their ballots based on that list. The suit was brought by labor unions and civil rights groups, including the Service Employees International Union and the NAACP. The Justice Department had no immediate comment.