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Appeals court lets California count 20,000 disputed ballots
A federal appeals court declined to block California from counting ballots alleged to be from noncitizens, setting up further legal action.
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
An appeals court has declined to rule on whether California elections officials can count about 20,000 ballots that the U.S. Department of Justice alleges likely belong to noncitizen voters, LAist reported.
The court's 2-1 decision means the ballots will not be blocked from being counted at this stage, but the issue is not resolved yet.
The decision sets up another legal proceeding scheduled for the next day in front of a federal district judge.
The federal government has a very short window to try to compel California to exclude these ballots from the count, according to LAist.
Sources
- LAist: Appeals court declines to block California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots
- WTOP: Judge to consider whether California should count 20,000 ballots disputed by Trump administration
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