Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop California from counting mail-in ballots
Newsom accuses Trump of ‘assault on democracy’ as DoJ claims 20,000 registered voters in state are non-citizens
TL;DR
- A US appeals court denied the Trump justice department's request to block California from counting mail ballots.
- The federal government alleged that over 20,000 registered voters in California are likely noncitizens.
- This ruling is a setback for Trump's efforts to increase federal oversight in elections.
- The DoJ had previously demanded that election officials set aside ballots belonging to alleged noncitizen voters.