Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to stop California counting disputed votes
The US Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute request by the Trump administration asking it to intervene in California's midterm election vote count.
TL;DR
- The US Supreme Court rejected a request from the Trump administration to intervene in California's midterm election vote count.
- The administration sought to set aside 20,000 ballots allegedly issued to non-citizens.
- Two lower courts had previously rejected the request.
- State election officials questioned the accuracy of the federal government's claims and warned of disenfranchising eligible voters.
- A federal appeals court had also declined the government's request to segregate the ballots.
- A district judge had described the government's move as an 'ongoing pattern of attempted election interference'.