Supreme Court Turns Down Justice Department Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Mail Ballots
The one-line order came hours after the request, with no noted dissents. A separate judge told the administration to stop pressing California to segregate the ballots.
By Watchman Report staff ·
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down the Trump administration's emergency request to require California to keep separate the mail ballots of more than 20,000 registered voters the government says are likely noncitizens, SCOTUSblog reported. The brief, unsigned order was released shortly before 6 p.m. with no noted dissents.
In a 19-page filing, Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that federal law bars noncitizens from voting in federal elections and that "once California commingles the challenged ballots with lawful ones, there is no way to get the challenged ballots back." U.S. District Judge David Carter had denied the government's request on Oct. 28, questioning the credibility of its allegations, and the 9th Circuit rejected emergency relief on Friday, according to SCOTUSblog.
Separately on Monday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington ordered the administration to stop demanding that California election officials segregate ballots cast by people on the government's lists of suspected noncitizens, Reuters reported. California had argued the federal suit would disenfranchise 20,000 voters based on vague accusations. The government's allegation that these voters are noncitizens has not been proven in court.
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