US appeals court again rejects Trump bid to set aside California ballots
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Summary
A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s second attempt to prevent California from counting about 20,000 ballots it linked to alleged non-citizen voters. The court said the request could violate the Constitution and risk stripping eligible voters of their ballots and voter registration.Key Facts
- The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling on Friday, less than four days before California’s November 3 midterm election.
- The administration sued California on October 15 and sought to set aside ballots linked to a list it had sent the state on October 12.
- California officials declined to set aside the ballots and said the administration had not provided evidence that the people on its list were non-citizens.
- Judges Mark Bennett and Gabriel Sanchez formed the majority; Trump appointee Patrick Bumatay dissented and called the request reasonable.
- Officials in Nevada and Washington have also questioned the accuracy of federal lists of alleged non-citizen voters; Nevada said the names on its list were incorrect.
- The article says non-citizen voting in federal elections is illegal in all 50 states and that election fraud and non-citizen voting are rare.
- The Trump administration charged 28 foreign nationals in California with election-related offenses; some told the Los Angeles Times they had never registered to vote.
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