On October 28, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, a Clinton employee, refused the federal government’s request to force California to separate out approximately 20,000 voted ballots from the count. U.S.A. v State of California, c.d., 2:26cv-12025. The order emphasizes that the federal government is free to continue enforcing federal law that makes it a crime for a non-citizen to vote.