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Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop California from counting mail-in ballots

Global Published 27 October 2026, 03:44 · archived 26 Oct 2026

California counties were told by DoJ to set aside and verify ballots administration claims belong to noncitizen votersA ⁠US appeals court on Monday ruled against Donald ⁠Trump’s ​justice department in a major voting dispute ahead ⁠of the midterm elections, denying a ⁠request to block California from ​counting ‌mail ballots ‌from people on a list ‌of more than 20,000 registered voters the federal government alleges are likely noncitizens.The decision by ‌the San Francisco-based ninth US circuit court of appeals marked the latest setback in Trump’s efforts to assert ⁠a greater federal role in ​o...

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