Monday 2 November 2026

Politics · United States · 2 h ago

Judge blocks effort to stop California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots

Updated 2 h ago · First reported 11:12 pm ET · 17 outlets

Photo: Washington Examiner

The short version

Summary by teebeenews AI from 14 of 61 articles · written 7:44 am ET

  • A federal judge denied the Department of Justice's request to force California to set aside mail ballots from over 20,000 people allegedly not U.S. citizens.
  • The judge ruled that separating the ballots would cause significant disruption to the midterm election process.
  • The Justice Department had argued that the ballots were likely cast by noncitizens and should not be counted.
  • California maintains that its safeguards against noncitizen voting are strong and effective.
  • The case is expected to be appealed, as the legal battle over noncitizen voting continues.

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How coverage grew

  1. First reported by The Hill DOJ asks appeals court to intervene for California mail-in ballot lawsuit

  2. ABC News Appeals court to hear arguments in Trump admin’s voting suit against California

  3. New York Post Absurd court farce on noncitizen ballots leaves Voter ID as the only cure

  4. Al Jazeera English US appeals court sceptical of Trump’s lawsuit over California voter rolls

  5. +13 more outlets by Mon 12:06 pm ET

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