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Source: Axios

The Trump administration is suing California and two election officials over claims that there are suspected ineligible voters who received mail-in ballots for this November's election.Why it matters: The lawsuit is asking the court to prevent about 20,000 voters from having their ballots counted until their citizenship status is confirmed.What they're saying: "State-facilitated voter fraud is unacceptable in the United States of America," Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a press release statement."If found responsible in a court of law, the State of California will have seriously undermined confidence in our electoral system and violated laws that protect our nation's representative system of government," Blanche said.Zoom in: The Justice Department alleges that California is knowingly allowing noncitizens to vote in the federal elections, according to the lawsuit.The lawsuit says U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and ICE's investigative arm compiled the list of potentially ineligible voters using agency data and records from the Social Security Administration and State Department.But administration-created lists of potential noncitizens on the voter rolls have been found less than accurate before in Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Zoom out: California's top election official and Los Angeles County's election chief received letters two days ago threatening "emergency action."The...