{"id":"e6c1bad3-7bdb-407f-9e6d-107e1fb959e6","url":"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-11-02/trump-lawyers-ask-supreme-court-to-set-aside-20-000-california-ballots","domain":"latimes.com","outlet":{"name":"Los Angeles Times","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 California ballots","plainHeadline":"Trump asks Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 California ballots","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Trump administration lawyers filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.","They want California to stop commingling suspected non-citizen ballots with legal ones.","The request targets 20,000 California voters identified as likely non-citizens.","Lower courts have ruled against the administration, citing constitutional timing issues.","The appeal proceeds with an initial submission to Justice Elena Kagan."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T16:41:01.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T16:52:41.703Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/7f5d8921-1f2a-454d-94f7-dafb28ba0fc8","storyId":"7f5d8921-1f2a-454d-94f7-dafb28ba0fc8","image":"https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d4fc9d3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6526x3426+0+517/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fbe%2F31c4c0084810a2e554501737899c%2F2302745863.jpg","author":null,"dek":"The appeal by the Trump administration comes days ahead of the midterm election, and after federal judges have rejected the bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots."}