The Department of Justice's request to the Supreme Court in the California case comes as it appeals dismissal of a lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election. The Supreme Court declined to pause counting of about 20,000 California mail ballots flagged as possible noncitizens, days before the US midterm elections. The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request to segregate more than 20,000 California mail-in ballots flagged for potential noncitizen voting.