Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block over 20,000 California midterm ballots
Briefing by News4U · First published
The Trump administration on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to stop California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 voters it alleges are not US citizens, one day before the midterm elections. The Justice Department wants those ballots, flagged on a Department of Homeland Security list, set aside until citizenship is verified. California officials say the list is unreliable and could include thousands of eligible US citizens, and that early voting has already mixed ballots so separation would be nearly impossible. A federal district judge and a federal appeals court previously rejected the administration's request; the emergency Supreme Court filing followed those rulings. [1] [2]