DOJ Drops California Noncitizen Ballot Suit

After Republicans’ midterm losses, Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin urged fellow Republicans to stop spreading election-fraud claims, while President Donald Trump shifted from initially saying he would accept the results to publicly questioning their honesty. The developments renewed questions about whether Republicans will accept ordinary explanations for their losses or continue election denialism. Separately, the Justice Department dropped its lawsuit seeking to make California set aside ballots from about 20,000 people it suspected were noncitizens, after the Supreme Court rejected its emergency request and the ballots became mixed with others. The case had intensified a dispute between the federal government and California election officials over control of vote counting.