Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to set aside California ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block around 20,000 mail-in ballots in California. The Trump administration wanted the court to set these ballots aside. It claimed the ballots had been sent to people who are not U.S. citizens. The court rejected the request in a single line, with no explanation, about six hours after it was filed. Two lower courts had already refused the same request. California officials said the federal government was wrong to identify these voters as noncitizens. They also pointed out that state law already bans noncitizens from voting. The court acted unusually fast and did not ask California to respond first. The decision came just hours before the last day of voting in the midterm elections.