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12 outlets · filed 30 October 2026

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 disputed California ballots

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On Monday, the ⁠eve of the US midterm elections, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are probably non-US citizens.

The Hill

What the coverage shows

All of the outlets frame the story as a Trump administration bid to get the Supreme Court to step into the California ballot dispute, with most focusing on the request to set aside or block counting about 20,000 ballots. Axios and the Los Angeles Times note the lower-court rejection that prompted the appeal, and CNBC is the only outlet to connect the request to a separate Alaska election lawsuit. Al Jazeera alone foregrounds California’s warning that blocking ballots could disenfranchise eligible voters, while The Independent uniquely highlights Newsom’s response.

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