US appeals court rejects Trump bid to sequester 20,000 California mail ballots
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Al Jazeera reports the 9th Circuit denied the administration’s request to sequester roughly 20,000 ballots, ruling the federal government had not given lower courts enough time and that election administration is a state responsibility.
Al Jazeera reports a United States appeals court has ruled against the administration of President Donald Trump in its bid to block the state of California from counting certain mail-in ballots this election cycle. In a decision on Monday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from the government to sequester roughly 20,000 mailed ballots ahead of the November 3 midterm election. [1]
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