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Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, is heading to Texas, where Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico are locked in a highly competitive race.

President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Monday. Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty

A federal judge in California has refused a request by the Trump administration to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots from people it alleges are noncitizens.

“This request violates longstanding constitutional principles mandating that states have control over their elections,” U.S. District Judge David Carter wrote in yesterday's decision. “If Plaintiff’s last-minute request for relief were granted, either party could create chaos for their own political purposes to disrupt the election process.”

Carter, as he did during a hearing Tuesday, said there is a “clear remedy” available to the federal government: its prosecutorial tools. Carter also noted that California has established procedures to cancel the voter registration of any person proved ineligible.

“The Executive’s requested relief, however, would wreak havoc and disrupt the election that is already underway, create a chilling effect on election workers and voters alike, and discount the votes of United States citizens,” he wrote.

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