Supreme Court rejects Trump's request in California mail ballots dispute
Also reported by Guardian World, The Hill
Summary
The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to require California election officials to set aside mail ballots from about 20,000 people the administration identified as likely noncitizens. The order did not explain the decision or note any dissents, and it leaves in place lower-court rulings rejecting the request.Key Facts
- The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to require California to segregate ballots from people on a federal list of alleged noncitizens.
- The Supreme Court denied the request in an unsigned, one-line order without asking California officials to respond first.
- A federal district judge said the administration’s method for identifying alleged noncitizens had uncertainty and errors.
- A divided federal appeals court had also refused to order California to set aside the ballots.
- California officials questioned the list’s accuracy and said it could lead to eligible U.S. citizens losing their votes.
- The administration said more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens appeared on California voter rolls; the state has more than 23 million registered voters.
- More than 6 million California mail ballots had been returned by the time of the article.
- The Justice Department also sought to have Washington set aside ballots from more than 400 people it alleged were noncitizens; Washington’s secretary of state said many on the list were citizens.
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