Supreme Court denies DOJ request to intervene in California ballot case

Roll Call · Michael Macagnone · 2026-11-02 18:27 UTC

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DOJ asked justices for an emergency order to set aside ballots

The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from the Justice Department to intervene in its effort to have California set aside the ballots of 20,000 voters who the Trump administration argues could be noncitizens who illegally cast votes.

The unanimous, unexplained order came hours after the DOJ made the request and just before the votes are counted in the midterm elections. It was the latest maneuver in the fast-moving, high-profile effort by the administration to insert itself in state voting procedures. The application asked the justices for an emergency order for the state to set aside those ballots until the voters’ citizenship could be determined.

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