The Department of Justice is dropping a lawsuit regarding disputed ballots in California.
The Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration in an emergency order, prompting the Justice Department to drop its lawsuit against California. The legal action had sought to block the counting of mail-in ballots and to have officials set aside approximately 20,000 ballots. California officials noted that the list of noncitizen ballots was out of date, having processed roughly 9 million ballots by early Friday.
- The Justice Department requested dismissal of its lawsuit against California.
- The lawsuit sought to have California election officials set aside roughly 20,000 ballots.
- California officials stated the list of noncitizen ballots is out of date.
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