# US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt California ballot count

https://mins.news/en/item/116670

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-27 01:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/27/us-court-rules-against-trump-administration-in-california-voting-case?traffic_source=rss

> The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s request to set aside about 20,000 mail-in ballots in California, allowing the state to continue counting them. The government said the ballots went to people likely to be non-citizens; the court said lower courts had not had enough time to review the case and emphasized that election administration is a state responsibility.

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