# Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to stop California counting disputed votes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-request-to-stop-california-counting-disputed-votes/
- Published: 2026-11-03T03:32:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T04:53:04+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5ynekkn5qko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Supreme Court rejects bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots.
- Lower-court rulings stand, ending the administration’s effort.
- Officials disputed the government’s list as inaccurate.

## Summary

The US Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s last-minute effort to stop California counting 20,000 ballots it alleged may have been issued to non-citizens. The decision leaves lower-court rulings in place and effectively ends the bid, with the midterm elections set to determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump’s term.

The Justice Department asked officials to set the ballots aside, arguing that votes cast by non-citizens could weaken valid votes; a federal appeals court had rejected that request on Friday. California officials said the government’s list contained inaccuracies and warned eligible voters could be disenfranchised. More than six million mail-in ballots had arrived by Sunday night in a state with about 23 million registered voters.

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