DOJ asks for Supreme Court to intervene on California ballot demands
3 election, the Trump administration is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse lower courts that rejected its request to order California to set aside the ballots of thousands of people it says are "likely" noncitizens.
Key points
- In an emergency application, administration lawyers asked the justices to immediately order California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.
- California says any move to block ballots from suspected noncitizens could disenfranchise eligible voters.
- Multiple courts and independent analysis have rejected the claims.
The Trump administration has appealed to the Supreme Court over claims that a list of more than 20,000 ballots in California include non-US citizens.
The Department of Justice's request to the Supreme Court in the California case comes as it appeals dismissal of a lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election.
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