DOJ vs California: Supreme Court Asked to Rule on Voter Rolls
On November 2, just one day before Election Day, the United States Department of Justice petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in an ongoing legal dispute with California over the state’s voter rolls, KNPR reported.
The federal agency is asking the high court to order California to set aside and stop processing the ballots of 20,000 voters identified as likely noncitizens. California and Los Angeles County have consistently found support in lower courts, which determined that the federal roster lacks reliability and that establishing an unproven mechanism to divide ballots while the voting process is already underway is impractical.
U.S. District Judge David Carter criticized the federal push last week, referring to it as a broad, ongoing pattern of attempted election interference by federal officials. A divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently rejected the Department of Justice’s request.
Judges in the lower court proceedings cited longstanding legal precedent known as the Purcell principle, which dictates that election rules should not be altered on the eve of an election. They also referenced the National Voter Registration Act—which prohibits states from systematically purging ineligible voters within 90 days of a federal election—alongside the authority granted to states by the U.S. Constitution to manage elections.
The Supreme Court may or may not intervene before Tuesday's polls close.
Bureau of Land Management Concludes Wild Horse Gathering North of Reno
While election litigation plays out at the federal level, land management operations in Nevada have reached a distinct milestone. The Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office concluded its first wild horse gathering operation north of Reno-Sparks in 15 years, securing 323 horses.
The gathering wrapped up on October 22. According to the agency, the operation was designed to protect horses from environmental conditions where herd numbers have grown beyond what the local land can support, an issue exacerbated by recent wildfires in the area.
Traffic Restrictions Extended on Charleston Boulevard
Infrastructure work in Southern Nevada continues to alter local transit patterns as the Charleston Boulevard Storm Drain Project moves into a new phase. Additional construction will run daily from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. over the coming four-week period.
Commerce Street, which was originally scheduled to reopen by October 26, will remain closed on the south side of Charleston Boulevard due to extended construction needs. The intersection now carries a projected reopening date of November 20. One lane of traffic in each direction remains open on Charleston Boulevard, and the overall drainage project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2027.
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