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The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against California, attempting to block the counting of ballots from 20,000 voters suspected of being non-citizens. California officials have rejected the demand, citing a lack of evidence and potential violations of state and federal election laws.
Why it matters
The dispute underscores the intense political polarization surrounding election integrity and voter eligibility in the United States.
The Trump administration sued the state of California and its election officials on Thursday, seeking to compel the state to not count ballots cast by 20,000 registered California voters whom the Department of Homeland Security suspects might not be citizens.
Officials in California named in the suit rejected the demand, which the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, called “a sad, desperate attempt by Trump to use his politicized Justice Department to try to suppress California voters just three weeks before Election Day.
“The courts have made clear that the federal government has no role in how a state carries out its election process, and now, in the middle of Californians voting, they have asked local officials – who do a damn good job defending democracy – to violate federal law,” the governor added.
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