The Canada Brief

Politics · 8 d ago

James R. Browning US Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco

US appeals court doubts Trump's lawsuit over California mail-in ballots

"It seems to me that you want us to issue an injunction that is entirely inconsistent with the law that the California legislature has adopted."

— Judge Mark Bennett

Names on the Justice Department's list

20,000 people it says are likely noncitizens

The Justice Department sued on Oct 15 to have California set aside ballots sent to about 20,000 people it says are likely noncitizens.

What we know

  • The panel will rule as soon as possible
  • A lower court hearing is set for Tuesday

Not yet

  • How the panel will rule
  • How the list was compiled

California says its safeguards against noncitizen voting are strong and the department's data is dubious. The panel will rule as soon as possible.