司法部要求加州搁置 2 万张邮寄选票的诉讼在联邦第九巡回法院合议庭前陷入困境，政府难以解释最初是如何标记出这些特定选民，也无法说明如何在不剥夺他人投票权的情况下对他们进行筛选。
联邦上诉法院合议庭似乎不倾向于下令该州搁置多达 2 万张邮寄选票，特朗普政府声称这些选票被寄给了非公民。
The DOJ’s case to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots in California fell flat in front of a 9th circuit panel, as the government struggled to explain how it flagged these particular voters in the first place, or how it could screen them without disenfranchising others A federal appeals court panel seemed disinclined to order the state to set aside as many as 20,000 mail-in ballots the Trump administration claimed were sent to noncitizens.