The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Department of Justice request to set aside roughly 20,000 ballots from individuals the administration identified as potential noncitizens.
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Department of Justice request to set aside roughly 20,000 ballots from individuals the administration identified as potential noncitizens.
There is no feasible way to identify and segregate the ballots of specific individuals without potentially catastrophic effects on the entire system, the court said. The Trump administration lost a bid to force California to set aside ballots from a list of likely noncitizen voters. The Department of Justice had flagged about 20,000 likely noncitizen voters and asked California to either verify their status as legal voters or segregate any ballots from those on the list.
The administration has alleged California sent ballots to some 20,000 people who may not be U.S. citizens. It wants the state to set those ballots aside and not count them until citizenship can be verified.
PBS NewsHour reported the story as "Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots." American Greatness reported the story as "Federal Appeals Court Rejects DOJ Effort to Set Aside California's Illegal Ballots."
4 sources have covered this story, including American Greatness, Conservative Review, PBS NewsHour and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.
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How the left is reporting it
How left outlets framed it ▾
- Outlets emphasize that the DOJ 'alleged' individuals may not be citizens, rather than presenting it as a confirmed fact. Coverage focuses on the procedural request to set aside and verify ballots before they are counted in California. The framing highlights the judicial rejection of the administration's attempt to isolate specific groups of ballots during the election process.
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How the right is reporting it
How right outlets framed it ▾
- Outlets frame the individuals as 'likely' noncitizen voters, suggesting a higher probability of status issues than the Left's 'potential' framing. Coverage notes the rejection of the 'Trump DOJ's demand' but emphasizes that the legal challenge is 'not over.' The reporting highlights the Department of Justice's attempt to force California to verify legal voter status or segregate those ballots.
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[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 4 independent outlets across the spectrum.
[02] CorroboratedKey facts corroborated by mainstream + wire desks.
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