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Judge denies attempt by Trump’s DOJ to exclude 20,000 California ballots from vote count

By jnorman@statesnewsroom.com, States Newsroom · October 29, 2026

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a U.S. Department of Justice request that would have forced California to not count the ballots of 20,000 voters the Trump administration alleges are likely noncitizens. The decision sets the case on a course to possibly reach the U.S. Supreme Court within days. In a scathing…

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Judge denies attempt by Trump’s DOJ to exclude 20,000 California ballots from vote count

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