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Courts block Trump effort to exclude California ballots
Federal courts have rejected the Trump administration's attempts to prevent California from counting around 20,000 ballots it claims were sent to non-citizens.
The Trump administration has lost multiple court battles over roughly 20,000 California ballots it alleges were sent to non-citizens. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside the ballots on Friday, with judges finding that segregating them could disenfranchise eligible voters and jeopardise the entire counting process. Separately, a federal judge ordered the administration to stop threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution over ballot processing. The administration claims the ballots went to ineligible voters and wants them set aside pending citizenship verification. California officials say the government's list is unreliable and likely includes many actual citizens. The rulings came days before the midterm elections.
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