Summary
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2–1 decision, rejected the Trump administration’s request to set aside about 20,000 California mail-in ballots ahead of the November 3 midterm election. The court said the government had not allowed lower courts enough time to review the case and noted that election administration is generally a state responsibility; the underlying lawsuit remains pending in a lower court.Key Facts
- The Trump administration filed its lawsuit against California on October 15.
- The administration said the ballots went to people it considered likely to be non-citizens, but it has not publicly explained how it compiled its list or determined voter eligibility.
- The appeals court declined to halt California’s ballot counting in a 2–1 ruling.
- Judge Gabriel Sanchez wrote that election administration falls within the state’s traditional authority and warned that the requested order could cause confusion.
- A hearing in the lower-court case was scheduled for Tuesday.
- The federal government has sued 30 states and Washington, DC, seeking access to voter rolls, according to the article.
- The article reports that the Justice Department had lost 26 of those cases and had not won any of the 30 lawsuits.
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