Supreme Court rejects Trump California midterm ballot bid

Key Points:

• On the eve of the US midterm elections, the Trump administration attempted to block over 20,000 mail-in ballots in California, alleging non-US citizens were registered to vote, but the effort was rejected by courts including the Supreme Court.
• The US Justice Department, led by Trump's former attorney Todd Blanche, filed a lawsuit claiming to have a list of non-citizens on voter rolls, but California officials and courts criticized the list as flawed and error-prone, with many eligible voters wrongly flagged.
• Federal Judge David Carter warned that singling out ballots based on unproven allegations would undermine election integrity and voter trust, calling the Trump administration's actions unprecedented and dangerous to democracy.
• California, a heavily Democratic state, defended its election process amid early voting, while Governor Gavin Newsom condemned federal attempts to interfere with the state's voting procedures.
• Trump's persistent claims of widespread voter fraud, particularly focusing on non-citizen voting, have been repeatedly debunked by investigations and experts, yet he continues to press these allegations ahead of elections.