CA’s Election Worker Unions Get a TRO, CHIRLA Gets DOJ’s List, and DOJ Gets the Shaft

<![CDATA[On Thursday the SEIU and AFL-CIO, representing election workers throughout California, filed suit against the Department of Justice in the Northern District of California, accusing the Department of Justice of “carrying out a series of efforts to actually or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce election workers who aid others in exercising their right to vote,” and requested that a temporary restraining order (TRO) be entered to prevent the DOJ from attempting to force them to segregate ballots from likely noncitizens and from “threatening” prosecution for what they consider to be just doing their job. Of course, Norm Eisen’s outfit is representing Plaintiffs, which also include the NAACP and LULAC, two groups that recently requested intervenor status in the ongoing lawsuit in the Central District we’ve been reporting on all week.]]>