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Trump admin. appeals to Supreme Court to sideline 20,000 mail ballots in California

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections . The emergency appeal came after a divided appeals court rejected the request to set aside some 20,000 ballots from people the federal government suspects may not be citizens . The federal government says those ballots should not be counted until the voters’ status can be verified. Cal