# A US federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to block California from counting about 20-thousand mail-in ballots from people it claims could be noncitizens. This comes ahead of next Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections. The Justice Department had given the California Secretary of State 48 hours to carry out the order, which state election officials refused, leading to the lawsuit. California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta says the ruling is a victory for voting rights and a rejection of president Donald Trump administration’s “unlawful overreach”.
Court rejects Trump administration’s demand to set aside 20,000 California mail-in ballots