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Trump Loses At SCOTUS As High Court Rejects California Noncitizens Voting Request On Midterms Eve

The Department of Justice's request to the Supreme Court in the California case came as it appeals dismissal of a lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 6 sources•1 min read•Updated November 3, 2026, 3:32 AM UTC
Key points
  • The Trump administration had appealed to the Supreme Court over claims that a list of more than 20,000 ballots in California include non-US citizens.
  • The court’s ruling came just hours after administration lawyers asked the justices to immediately order California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.
  • The ruling, which comes on the eve of the midterm elections, essentially ends the Trump administration's bid to disqualify the ballots in the state.

Supreme Court has denied a last-minute request from the Department of Justice to wade into its unprecedented feud with California over the state's voter rolls.

The Supreme Court just rejected the Justice Department’s request for an emergency intervention in the administration’s move to have 20,000 Golden State mail-in ballots cast aside for the time being.

Additional details
  • Newsom statement) Donald Trump’s 11th hour Hail Mary attempt to muddy the midterm waters in blue California has failed.

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