Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to California’s Vote-by-Mail System

Invalid mail-in ballots inadvertently being counted does not show in-person votes were diluted, judges say.

An election worker holds ballots in Pomona, Calif., in a file photograph. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A U.S. appeals court on Aug. 15 turned away a challenge to California’s vote-by-mail laws.

Even though some invalid ballots may be counted in California under the state’s system, that does not meet the burden to show in-person votes were diluted, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said.