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Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters

In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

The Trump administration has pressed an effort to disqualify people it says are noncitizens from voting on Nov. 3.
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Appeals Court Appears to Doubt Justice Dept. Claims in California Ballot Case

A federal appeals court panel seemed disinclined to order the state to set aside as many as 20,000 mail-in ballots the Trump administration claimed were sent to noncitizens.

© Mike Blake/Reuters

Mail-in ballots in San Diego last week. The Trump administration wants California to set aside 20,000 ballots it says were sent to noncitizens.
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