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Trump Loses At SCOTUS As High Court Rejects California Noncitizens Voting Request On Midterms Eve
The US Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s emergency request to set aside about 20,000 California mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections. The decision leaves lower-court rulings in place and blocks the administration’s latest attempt to challenge the ballots over claims that non-citizens had voted.
The Justice Department’s ballot list reportedly included people who were not registered or did not appear to live in California. The court issued an unsigned order denying the request, with no justice publicly dissenting. California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has opposed the federal effort, said the state would act against interference with its elections and that every eligible vote would be counted.
In short
- Supreme Court rejects bid to set aside California ballots.
- About 20,000 mail-in ballots were targeted.
- Newsom says California will protect eligible votes.
Explained simply
California runs its own elections, while the federal government can bring legal challenges over how voting rules are applied. The Trump administration’s Justice Department argued that a group of mail-in ballots should be set aside because some may have been cast by people who were not eligible to vote.
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States, and its decisions can leave earlier court rulings in force. California Governor Gavin Newsom has opposed the federal challenge, which raises questions about how states and the federal government share responsibility for elections. Eligibility to vote in federal elections is limited to US citizens, though non-citizens may appear on voter records through administrative errors.
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