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9th Circuit denies Trump DOJ bid to make California set aside likely noncitizen ballots

The court rejected the Justice Department's request after it flagged about 20,000 likely noncitizen voters. A later legal filing found more than 40% of the names were not on California's voter rolls and that citizens appear on the list.^{⁠[8, 9]} The DOJ had asked California to either verify those voters' legal status or segregate any ballots cast from people on the list.^{⁠[7, 8]} On Saturday, lawyers for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights filed a supplemental brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia saying citizens among the group's members and clients appeared on the DOJ list.^⁠[3]

The filing was also the first outside analysis of the list, which PBS NewsHour reported the Justice Department has used to threaten prosecution of election officials.^{⁠[5, 9]} PBS NewsHour reported that thousands of U.S. citizens appear to be flagged as ineligible to vote on the list.^⁠[5]

Why it matters The list is the basis for the Justice Department's threats to prosecute election officials.^{⁠[5, 9]}

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