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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to block California ballots
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's request to set aside 20,000 California mail-in ballots it claimed were cast by non-citizens.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to order California to segregate and not count 20,000 mail-in ballots it alleged were cast by non-citizens, but the court rejected the request in a one-line unsigned order with no noted dissents. The Justice Department had sued California in October, claiming the state was impeding enforcement of federal law barring non-citizens from voting. Two lower courts had already rejected similar requests. California officials disputed the reliability of the federal government's list, arguing the process used to identify alleged non-citizens was flawed and could disenfranchise eligible voters. The administration threatened to prosecute election officials who processed the disputed ballots. The ruling came on the eve of the midterm elections and essentially ended the administration's attempt to disqualify the ballots.
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