Attorneys representing the Trump administration asked a federal district judge in California to compel county election officials to sequester mail ballots cast by individuals appearing on a disputed Justice Department list of alleged noncitizens. In an emergency motion filed in federal court, federal prosecutors argued that ballots submitted by approximately 20,000 flagged voters should be set aside and segregated from general tallying until individual citizenship documentation can be formally validated by federal authorities.
California state officials and legal advocates for registered voters pushed back vigorously against the sequester request, arguing that disenfranchising voters based on unverified administrative lists violates federal statutory protections and state election laws. Counsel for the state emphasized that California maintains comprehensive voter eligibility verification procedures and warned that segregating cast ballots shortly before election certification would cause irreparable harm to lawful voters. The federal judge took the emergency motion under submission following oral arguments, with a written ruling anticipated promptly.
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