Trump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls

The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials.

The Trump administration on Thursday sued the state of California and a Los Angeles County official, seeking to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots submitted by voters it suspects are noncitizens.

The suit, which would apply to some 20,000 people in the state the administration has cast as “likely noncitizens,” is a long shot. But it opens a new front in the administration’s legal battles with local election officials weeks before the midterm elections.