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Voters cast ballots in the US midterm elections as Democrats seek to retake control of the House and Senate, while courts reject Trump administration efforts to segregate California ballots.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
Americans head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the US midterm elections. Democrats are widely projected to retake control of the House, though the Senate remains uncertain. To overtake Republicans, Democrats would need to gain three seats in the House and four in the Senate.
On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected an emergency request from the Trump administration to force California to sideline mail ballots that the Justice Department claims may have been cast by noncitizens. The court issued a one-sentence order and did not explain its reasoning.
Earlier, US District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to stop demanding that California election officials "segregate ballots cast by people on its lists of suspected noncitizens." Boasberg found that the lists compiled by the administration were flawed and included many people who were wrongly listed as noncitizens.
US Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court, “This office has been informed that the United States has identified more than 20,000 individuals who appear to be registered to vote in California based on publicly available information at the time that information was received, but who, in the United States’ view, are likely not U.S. citizens.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that the administration's attempt was a "baseless attack on California’s electoral process."
As the election arrives, President Donald Trump's approval rating stands at 32%, according to France 24.
In Michigan's Senate race, Representative Haley Stevens threw her support behind Republican Mike Rogers rather than backing the Democratic candidate, Abdul Al-Sayed, who won the Democratic primary.
Losing either chamber of Congress would affect President Donald Trump's ability to pass legislation and would serve as a referendum on his second term.
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