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POLITICS & POLICY • UNITED STATES
Supreme Court rejects administration bid over California ballots
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The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s request to make California set aside about 20,000 ballots it says may be linked to noncitizens. A federal judge also barred the administration from demanding that California set those ballots aside; California officials dispute the underlying claim.
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Why it matters
The dispute affects how election officials handle ballots and the limits of federal intervention in state election administration. The immediate California election is affected; the articles do not identify a specific economic consequence.