{"id":"7e26f69b6356","title":"US courts reject DOJ bid to set aside California ballots","page":"https://247relaynews.com/story/7e26f69b6356","feature":"Relay Continuum","about":"The living record of this story on 24/7 Relay News: every fact with its status and source, kept up to date and versioned.","version":"6.20261031000118","updated":"2026-10-31T00:01:18.151Z","status_key":{"Reported":"one newsroom","Corroborated":"two or more independent newsrooms","Confirmed":"backed by a primary source","Disputed":"newsrooms disagree; not settled","Updated":"replaced by a newer value","Corrected":"corrected by an editor"},"facts":[{"id":"cmvvmykavhdrn2v","text":"The petition sought to remove 20,000 ballots from California's vote count.","status":"Reported","value":"20,000","subject":"Ballot removal petition","reported":"2026-10-30 20:39:50.000","newsrooms":1,"primary_source":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"Al 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ballot count.","It is unclear whether the court will grant the request to make the press‑access order permanent, and whether the Justice Department will pursue further appeals or new legal tactics to challenge California’s ballot counting."],"answered_questions":[{"question":"It is unclear how an appeal, which the Justice Department is expected to file, will affect the counting of the contested ballots or whether higher courts will intervene.","answer":"The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside disputed California ballots.","source":"CBS News"},{"question":"It remains unclear how an appellate court will rule on the upcoming appeal and what impact, if any, the decision will have on the final vote tallies.","answer":"The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside disputed California ballots.","source":"CBS News"}],"timeline":[{"at":"2026-10-31T00:01:18.151Z","kind":"new","summary":"The petition sought to remove 20,000 ballots from California's vote count."},{"at":"2026-10-30T21:31:59.934Z","kind":"answer","summary":"It is unclear how an appeal, which the Justice Department is expected to file, will affect the counting of the contested ballots or whether higher courts will intervene. — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside disputed California ballots."},{"at":"2026-10-30T21:31:59.810Z","kind":"answer","summary":"It remains unclear how an appellate court will rule on the upcoming appeal and what impact, if any, the decision will have on the final vote tallies. — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside disputed California ballots."},{"at":"2026-10-30T21:31:56.508Z","kind":"new","summary":"The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request to set aside disputed California ballots."},{"at":"2026-10-29T02:06:03.111Z","kind":"new","summary":"A judge rejected the Trump administration's request to segregate 20,000 California ballots. The Justice Department sought an emergency order in the case."},{"at":"2026-10-29T01:06:34.474Z","kind":"new","summary":"A federal judge denied the Justice Department's request to stop processing California ballots. A federal judge rebuffed the Trump Justice Department's bid to set aside 20,000 ballots. The ruling was issued by U.S. district judge David Carter, who was nominated by Bill Clinton. Governor Newsom accused Trump of an “assault on democracy.”"}],"relay_note":{"text":"What remains uncertain is how the Justice Department will proceed. The record notes that an appeal is expected, but it is not clear how an appellate court might rule on that appeal or what effect it could have on the final vote tallies, and whether the department will pursue further legal tactics.","updated":"2026-10-30T21:32:13.669Z","method":"Written by AI only from this record and checked sentence by sentence against it."}}