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Trump administration renews bid to block 20,000 California ballots after court rebuke

An election worker places a ballot into a ballot box in Boyle Heights on Oct. 27, 2026. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times) Soon after a federal judge in Los Angeles sharply rejected a Trump administration effort to block 20,000 California ballots from voters it alleged may be noncitizens, the U.S. Justice Department appealed — leaving attorneys on both sides preparing Thursday for yet another court battle. That was despite the lower court judge calling the request an unlawful threat to eligib