Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times,
A federal appeals court declined to intervene in the Trump administration's lawsuit against California to sequester 20,000 mail-in ballots from individuals it suspects are noncitizens.
An "I Voted" sign is displayed during a press conference at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center during California's state primary election in the City of Industry, Calif., on June 2, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an emergency application last week to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, asking it to block California from counting the ballots, but a three-judge panel handed down a 2-1 decision on Oct. 26, citing lack of jurisdiction to rule on the matter because a lower district court had not yet issued its ruling.
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