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Sunday 25 October 2026

DOJ demands California counties set aside flagged ballots

Prosecutors gave California counties 48 hours to set aside suspected noncitizens' ballots. An appeals court hears the case on Sunday 25 October, US time.

Liora Hale Sunday 25 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

Photo: Sarah Stierch / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0), cropped

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California's county election offices have spent the weekend deciding what to do with a letter from federal prosecutors. It told them to pull aside the mail ballots of voters the Trump administration suspects aren't citizens, and gave them 48 hours to start.

A white Mendocino County official election ballot drop box standing outside a single storey building — Photo: Sarah Stierch / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0), cropped

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