A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel has denied an emergency request from the federal government to force California officials to set aside mail-in ballots from 20,000 people tagged as possible noncitizens.
Californian officials have resisted the request from the Dept. of Justice because they say there’s not enough time to verify the legality of each voter before the election.
‘It was determined that none of the individuals USCIS matched to the County’s Sample List were born in the United States according to USCIS records.’
They have also accused the administration of trying to disenfranchise voters on vague and unreliable evidence that has not been provided to the state officials.
On Monday evening, the appeals court ruled 2-1 that it lacked the jurisdiction to grant the emergency request.
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