# Supreme court rejects Trump bid to make California set ballots aside

https://mins.news/en/item/126248

- The Guardian, 2026-11-02 23:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/supreme-court-trump-california-ballots

> The supreme court ruled against the Trump administration’s effort to make California officials segregate and withhold ballots linked to about 20,000 people the justice department claims are non-citizens. California officials refused the order, arguing the federal government was interfering in state elections.

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