A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a bid from the Trump administration to set aside 20,000 ballots in the state of California that it believes were cast by noncitizens.

The decision marks the latest blow to Washington's efforts to enforce ballot security measures on blue states. The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 against the request, The Hill reported.

California and the DOJ are at loggerheads over election integrity measures, though the administration has yet to secure any meaningful wins in their dispute through the courts.

The administration does not seek to disqualify the ballots, but to set them aside for verification of the caster's citizenship status.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.