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A federal judge has allowed Iowa officials to continue disputing
ballots cast by potential noncitizens, less than two days before
Election Day.
Judge Stephen Locher, an appointee of President Biden, ruled in favor
of the Hawkeye State on Sunday. The state was being sued by the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of four recently-
documented U.S. citizens and the League of Latin American Citizens of
Iowa.
Iowa officials, including Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, have
recently been attempting to investigate over 2,000 names on voter rolls
that may belong to noncitizens.
During a press conference on Oct. 30, Pate said that officials "have
questions" about noncitizens voting illegally, and that they "need
answers."
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"That is why none of them have been taken off the voter rolls," Pate
said, according to the Des Moines Register. "But we do owe an
obligation to make sure that they are citizens now."
"That's why we've asked the county auditors, through the poll workers,
to challenge those votes, to allow them to confirm their citizenship
status, so that we can count their vote as well."
In the case, the ACLU had argued that the state's efforts threaten the
voting rights of recently-naturalized citizens. Judge Locher found that
Iowa officials would not remove anyone from voting rolls, but instead
require them to use provisional ballots.
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The ruling came a day after a shocking poll found that Vice President
Kamala Harris has a three-point lead in Iowa, contrary to previous
reports that Iowa is a safe red state.
The Trump campaign disputed the results immediately, favoring Emerson
College's polls instead.
"Emerson College, released today, far more closely reflects the state
of the actual Iowa electorate and does so with far more transparency in
their methodology," the campaign memo read.
The ACLU did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for
comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-judge-rules-iowa-can-check- ballots-potential-noncitizens-blow-aclu
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