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An election worker sorts ballots during early voting ahead of the midterm election at San Francisco County's election operations facility at City Hall in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. California asked a judge to deny a Trump administration request to make the state set aside mail-in ballots of 20,000 suspected non-citizens, saying the lawsuit is at best a reckless political stunt in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
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