# Appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to set aside thousands of California ballots

https://mins.news/en/item/123008

- CNN, 2026-10-30 19:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/30/politics/live-news/midterm-election-congress?post-id=cmvvbi6z700003b6theidyzpl&Date=20261030&Profile=CNN

> An appeals court rejected a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to make California set aside ballots cast by thousands of people the government claimed might be noncitizens, potentially setting up a Supreme Court showdown.

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