Appeals court to hear arguments in Trump admin's voting suit against California
Summary
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Sunday in the Trump administration’s lawsuit against California over alleged noncitizens on voter rolls. The administration wants California to segregate ballots linked to people on its list; state officials say the list is unverified and includes lawful voters.Key Facts
- The hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. PDT before a three-judge federal appeals court panel.
- The panel includes two judges appointed by President Donald Trump and one appointed by former President Joe Biden.
- The Trump administration says the voter-roll list contains about 20,000 potential noncitizens and argues that a district judge did not address its claims quickly enough.
- California officials say the list is unverified and includes lawful voters.
- Los Angeles officials reviewed 200 names from the list and said nearly 40% indicated U.S. birth and 71.2% had no voting history.
- The Justice Department filed suit earlier in October, alleging California failed to review a list of potential noncitizens who had been sent mail-in ballots for the November midterm election.
- The Justice Department recently announced charges against about 28 people from the list for alleged voting and immigration-related crimes.
- The Justice Department asked every California county to help identify which people on its list are citizens.
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