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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots from suspected non-citizens before the midterms

Every court to have ruled on the administration's ballot challenges — district, appeals and now the Supreme Court — has turned the government down.
Every court to have ruled on the administration's ballot challenges — district, appeals and now the Supreme Court — has turned the government down.

Three separate courts — including two federal appeals courts — had already rejected the Justice Department's bid before the Supreme Court issued a terse one-line denial with no noted dissents, ending the effort hours before midterm polls opened. The DOJ had demanded California segregate 20,000 ballots from voters it described as "likely" non-citizens, threatening county officials with criminal charges if they refused.

A district judge had already called the DOJ's list of suspected non-citizens "rife with uncertainty and errors" before the Supreme Court stepped in.

Over six million mail ballots had already been returned across California, making any last-minute segregation order practically unworkable even had courts agreed.

MAGA supporters erupted on social media, with Chaya Raichik calling the ruling "unbelievable" and Trump backers urging supporters to vote before those ballots "can't be pulled out."

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