US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to force California to set aside ballots

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to force California to exclude ballots of roughly 20,000 people the administration says are non-citizens, a day before midterm elections.

• The court declined without explanation to intervene, one day before the midterm elections.
• The Justice Department gave Los Angeles and Sacramento officials 48 hours in October to review 20,000 names and threatened suit if ballots were not sequestered.
• Los Angeles county clerk Dean Logan said the department has not provided the underlying evidence, source, or methodology behind its claims.
• US District Judge David Carter rejected the request on October 28, writing that never before has the federal government sought to coerce a state into dropping its election procedures.