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Politics● Low6d ago · Oct 30, 2026, 7:50 PM

Appeals court rules against Trump — again — on California ballots

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

A split federal appeals court panel again rejected the Trump administration’s bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots it says are likely noncitizens until they can be verified. The 2-1 majority on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit didn’t dispute a lower court’s finding that the list isn’t credible and ruled the…

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