A U.S. appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to stop California from counting ballots from 20,000 potential noncitizen voters.
In a 39-page ruling, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2–1 that it declines the administration’s “invitation to contravene the Elections Clause by undermining the Constitution’s plain text.”
“If the United States believes different procedures are necessary for vote-by-mail ballots, we believe it should take that suggestion to Congress, not the courts,” the majority stated.
A district court judge already denied that request and said that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) demands could disenfranchise citizens….