The consequence of the United States’s request is not merely ballot segregation, but ultimately both the cancellation of the ballot and the removal of voters from the voting rolls
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a petition from the Trump administration to set aside 20,000 ballots in California, citing concerns about non-citizen voting. This decision marks the second time in less than a week that an appeals court has rejected the administration's request. The ruling arrived with less than four days to go until the November 3 midterm elections.
The court ruled that granting the Trump administration's request would not only violate the US Constitution but also risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The majority opinion, written by judges Mark Bennett and Gabriel Sanchez, stated that the consequence of the administration's request would be the cancellation of ballots and the removal of voters from the voting rolls. Judge Patrick Bumatay, a Trump appointee, issued a dissent, calling the administration's petition a
