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Khan, Z., & Dobrin, N. (2026, November 2). Trump takes fight over 20,000 California mail-in ballots to Supreme Court day before election. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/us-news/trump-takes-fight-over-20k-california-mail-in-ballots-to-supreme-court/
Khan, Zain, and Nikki Dobrin. “Trump takes fight over 20,000 California mail-in ballots to Supreme Court day before election.” New York Post, 2 Nov. 2026, https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/us-news/trump-takes-fight-over-20k-california-mail-in-ballots-to-supreme-court/.
Khan, Zain, and Nikki Dobrin. “Trump takes fight over 20,000 California mail-in ballots to Supreme Court day before election.” New York Post, November 2, 2026. https://nypost.com/2026/11/02/us-news/trump-takes-fight-over-20k-california-mail-in-ballots-to-supreme-court/.
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As of November 2, 2026, President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Supreme Court to block over 20,000 mail-in ballots in California, claiming these voters are non-U.S. citizens. This request was made just a day before midterms and follows a series of actions by federal agencies like ICE to interfere with voter registration, particularly targeting green card holders. A recent analysis found that more than 40% of the names on a DOJ list of alleged noncitizens don't appear on California's voter rolls; at least 22 are confirmed U.S. citizens. The Justice Department is also pushing for sanctions against an immigrant rights group that disclosed these findings. Despite this, federal judges have rejected attempts to invalidate ballots, warning such moves could undermine election integrity and public trust in the democratic process.
The Trump administration made a last-ditch plea to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to force California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots it claims were sent to noncitizens