Supreme Court Makes Key Ruling In Trump Admin’s Ballot Fight On Election Eve

The Supreme Court declined on Monday evening, the day before the midterm elections, to grant a Justice Department request aimed at California's mail-in ballots. Federal prosecutors had asked for an order requiring the state to hold apart ballots tied to over 20,000 people they suspect are not citizens, pending checks on eligibility. The justices gave no explanation, and none publicly dissented. A district court and an appeals court had already refused the same request, and California officials maintain the federal roster is flawed and includes citizens, according to Daily Wire.

First Assistant U. S. Attorney Bill Essayli said close races make every vote count and that prosecutions would proceed regardless of any court order. He said 34 people from the roster have now been charged with election crimes, and that the goal is to keep California from counting noncitizens' votes, not to prosecute all 20,000. His office added charges against six green card holders, five of whom were in custody Monday afternoon. Among them are an Iranian national accused of voting twice in 2024 and a Canadian citizen accused of voting in 2022 and 2024, then denying it on a citizenship application.

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