# Federal judge rejects Trump administration bid to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots

https://mins.news/en/item/120035

- CNN, 2026-10-29 01:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/28/politics/judge-denies-trump-bid-california-ballots?Date=20261029&Profile=CNN

> A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s request for California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots. The administration claimed they could have been cast by noncitizens, and the judge warned the move would “wreak havoc.”

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