{"id":"458dbf8e-35f7-495a-a669-b52881506017","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-20/california-says-doj-non-citizen-voting-suit-borders-on-absurd","domain":"bloomberg.com","outlet":{"name":"Bloomberg","country":"US","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"California Says DOJ Non-Citizen Voting Suit Borders on ‘Absurd’","plainHeadline":"California officials oppose DOJ request to set aside 20,000 ballots for non-citizens.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":[],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:16:52.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-20T15:47:51.564Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/9af7ec5d-fb15-4d1f-ad9d-b697c3e01a0e","storyId":"9af7ec5d-fb15-4d1f-ad9d-b697c3e01a0e","image":null,"author":"Erik Larson","dek":"California officials asked a judge to deny a Trump administration request for an order requiring the state to set aside mail-in ballots of 20,000 suspected non-citizens, saying the lawsuit is at best a “reckless political stunt” in the run-up to the midterm elections."}