{"id":"8bc6da6c-dd23-4b8e-8305-a95fdb36a27f","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3373041/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-set-aside-20000-disputed-california-ballots","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"Trump administration asks Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 disputed California ballots","plainHeadline":"Trump asks Supreme Court to block counting 20,000 California ballots","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Justice Department seeks interim block on counting over 20,000 disputed ballots.","Ballots come from registered voters suspected of non-citizenship, per federal officials.","Federal appeals court refused to block the ballots earlier, before Supreme Court involvement.","California controls its election procedures; administration argues for separate ballots until citizenship verified.","Court responses highlight concerns about data reliability and potential disenfranchisement."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T17:57:38.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T18:50:34.368Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/7f5d8921-1f2a-454d-94f7-dafb28ba0fc8","storyId":"7f5d8921-1f2a-454d-94f7-dafb28ba0fc8","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/11/03/3f750930-5f24-489f-bcd6-a943dfbd7ab9_11511102.jpg?itok=JOYBHL7P&v=1793642167","author":"Reuters","dek":"On Monday, the eve of the US midterm elections, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are probably non-US citizens."}