Trump admin asks SCOTUS to force California ballot separation over citizenship checks

The Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court to compel California to separate ballots from over 20,000 voters suspected of being non-citizens, after a federal appeals court rejected the DOJ's request. This escalates a pre-election legal battle over voter fraud claims, with the Court's decision potentially affecting ballot counting in the final days of the midterms. The outcome is uncertain and could set a precedent for federal-state election authority.

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