Supreme Court rejects DOJ's bid to block California from counting disputed ballots
The Department of Justice's request to the Supreme Court in the California case came as it appeals dismissal of a lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election.
TL;DR
- The Supreme Court denied the DOJ's request to block California from counting mail-in ballots from potentially non-citizen voters.
- The DOJ's petition was filed just before Election Day and followed previous rejections by lower federal courts.
- California's Attorney General stated the DOJ's request was 'baseless' and 'very expected.'
- A DOJ lawyer admitted to a 'high error rate' in lists of purported noncitizens on California's voter rolls.
- The DOJ's lawsuit aimed to prevent the tabulation of ballots from individuals suspected of not being U.S. citizens.
- A federal judge previously barred the DOJ from threatening election workers with prosecution.
- The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the DOJ's appeal in a 2-1 ruling, citing a risk of disenfranchisement.