The Department of Justice has urged an appeals court to halt California’s plan to include over 20,000 mail-in ballots in election results, arguing they were allegedly cast by non-U.S. citizens. The federal lawsuit, filed under the Trump administration, seeks an emergency stay while legal challenges over voter eligibility proceed. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is now weighing whether to intervene before a lower court ruling on the case. The dispute centers on whether the state’s ballot-counting practices comply with federal election laws.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked an appeals court to intervene in its lawsuit against California to temporarily block the state from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots cast by what the Trump administration claims are from non-U.S. citizens. The request, made to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, came before a...
