Court dismisses DOJ's request to force California to set aside ballots

A federal appeals court dismissed the DOJ's emergency effort to force California election officials to set aside thousands of mail ballots. The Trump administration claimed these ballots were cast by over 20,000 suspected noncitizens or illegal immigrants ineligible to vote. In a 2-1 order, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the expedited bid, determining that the court lacked the necessary jurisdiction to grant the government's request to isolate these specific votes from the count.