Supreme Court declines to intervene in California voter dispute — Trump administration’s challenge falls short

The Supreme Court has rejected the Department of Justice’s emergency appeal regarding the California midterms.

The DOJ believes that there are a large number of noncitizens on the voter rolls in California, though the state denies that claim. On Monday, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg shot down the government’s case saying that the “flawed lists” have a “high error rate” and that taking the desired action would “risk chilling or preventing lawful votes from being cast and counted.”

“The Executive Branch has likely violated the Constitution’s Elections Clause, which commits authority over election rules to the states and Congress alone,” he added. “California may decide for itself what procedures to use for verifying the citizenship of registered voters and for deciding whether to count their mail-in ballots.”

This didn’t sit well with the DOJ, which quickly appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. They asked to have ballots mailed to more than 20,000 voters set aside, but SCOTUS was unusually quick to respond.

“The application for injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is denied,” the order read, not giving any reason or context to the rejection.

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