Appeals court rejects Trump DOJ demand to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to force California to set aside votes from 20,000 people it claims are noncitizens.

The Justice Department’s lawsuit in California, filed earlier this month, is part of its escalating effort to insert the federal government into how states run their elections.

A three-judge panel on the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Justice Department’s emergency appeal following arguments in an unusual emergency Sunday hearing held via Zoom.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

周一，一家联邦上诉法院驳回了特朗普政府史无前例的企图，即强迫加利福尼亚州搁置其声称为非公民的 20,000 人的选票。

美国司法部本月早些时候在加利福尼亚州提起的诉讼，是其不断升级的将联邦政府纳入各州选举管理体系的一部分。

美国第九巡回上诉法院的三名法官组成的小组驳回了司法部的紧急上诉。此前，他们在周日通过 Zoom 举行了一场不同寻常的紧急听证会，听取了双方的辩论。

这是一则正在更新的新闻。