Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
3 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
23
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in its effort to force California election workers to set aside mail ballots from thousands of people it claims are not U.S. citizens.
uncertain
it → ask → people
The Justice Department's request for emergency relief came after a federal appeals court on Friday
to segregate the ballots cast by more than 20,000 people included on a government list of suspected noncitizens.
asserted
request → come → noncitizens
More than 6 million mail ballots have been returned statewide as of Sunday, according to the California secretary of state's office.
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ballots → return → office
The emergency appeal to the high court came in the fast-moving legal battle unfolding in the run-up to
.
asserted
appeal → come → up
The Trump administration so far has not been successful in convincing lower courts to require the ballots at issue to be put aside.
asserted
ballots → convince → issue
But in the request to the Supreme Court, Solicitor General D. John Sauer said the government is seeking a "modest remedy" that will ensure any ballots cast by people who are not American citizens do not "debase or dilute valid votes.
asserted
who → say → votes
"
"Once California commingles the challenged ballots with lawful ones, there is no way to get the challenged ballots back," he wrote in a filing.
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he → commingle → filing
"The only way to preserve the district court's ability to grant relief to the United States after a full merits proceeding, therefore, is to segregate the challenged ballots now."
asserted
way → preserve → ballots
The dispute arose after the Justice Department
and the top elections official in Los Angeles County with a list of 20,000 people it claimed were registered to vote but not U.S. citizens, and demanded any ballots returned by them be set aside and not tabulated until their citizenship could be verified.
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citizenship → arise → them
But the officials have expressed concerns about the accuracy of the list and the potential for eligible voters to be disenfranchised.
asserted
voters → express → list
The Justice Department
and Dean Logan, the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder and county clerk, and sought a court order requiring the ballots to be segregated.
asserted
ballots → seek → order
But on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge David Carter
for a temporary restraining order blocking election workers from counting ballots from the alleged noncitizens.
asserted
Carter → block → noncitizens
The public interest favors their protection," Carter, appointed by President Bill Clinton, said.
asserted
Carter → favor → Clinton
"Individuals who have met the requirements of California's voter registration laws must not be deprived of a core right merely because of unfounded allegations stemming from a procedure rife with uncertainty and errors."
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who → meet → uncertainty
A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit divided 2-1 on Friday in denying a Justice Department request to require the ballots to be separated and not counted pending citizenship verification.
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ballots → divide → verification
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