California Appeals Court Allows Counting of About 20,000 Disputed Ballots
An appeals court in California has declined to block state elections officials from counting approximately 20,000 ballots that the Justice Department alleges may have been cast by noncitizen voters. The decision means the case will proceed to a federal district…
Los Angeles, CA, October 27, 2026 —
A California appeals court has declined to block state elections officials from counting approximately 20,000 ballots that the U.S. Justice Department alleges may have been cast by noncitizen voters. The decision leaves the ballots eligible to be counted while the legal case continues.
The ruling sends the dispute to a federal district judge for further review. The judge’s next steps and the timing of that review were not provided. The appeals court’s decision addresses whether counting should be halted at this stage; the information provided does not indicate that the court resolved the underlying allegation about the voters.
The Justice Department’s claim concerns about 20,000 ballots, but details about the election involved, the officials or parties named in the case, and the evidence cited in support of the allegation were not provided. The specific appeals court, the date of its decision, and the legal reasoning behind the ruling were also not identified.
The immediate outcome is that state elections officials are not blocked by this decision from counting the ballots. The case will continue before a federal district judge, who will conduct further review. No final determination about the ballots or the allegation was described.
Further information about the district court proceedings, including any schedule or subsequent ruling, was not available in the summary of the decision.
Story summarized from the original created by Safiyah Riddle | Associated Press on laist.com, see more information here.
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