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The administration filed a fresh lawsuit Thursday trying to stop California from counting certain mail ballots until voters’ citizenship can be confirmed. It’s a maximalist legal move built around a federal claim that the state should freeze tabulation based on the government’s own ‘likely’ noncitizen list.
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The administration filed a fresh lawsuit Thursday trying to stop California from counting certain mail ballots until voters’ citizenship can be confirmed. It’s a maximalist legal move built around a federal claim that the state should freeze tabulation based on the government’s own ‘likely’ noncitizen list.
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