Trump administration takes fight over 20,000 California mail ballots to Supreme Court

The Trump administration is taking its fight over California mail ballots straight to the Supreme Court. It filed an appeal pushing to sideline 20,000 mail ballots in the state, The Associated Press reports. That puts thousands of votes in front of the justices.

The push aims to keep those 20,000 ballots from counting. California is a heavy mail-voting state, which makes the dispute a big one for the voters whose ballots are in question.

Details of the appeal — including which lower court ruling it targets and how fast the administration wants the justices to move — were not immediately clear from the AP report. It was also not immediately known whether the Supreme Court will act on the request.

What happens next is up to the justices. The court can grant the request, turn it down, or ask for more briefing before deciding. Until it acts, the 20,000 ballots sit unresolved.