(The Center Square) - California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday dismissed claims of mass voter fraud by the Trump administration.
Bonta's comments came as the state awaited a federal ruling on the administration's emergency request to block mail-in ballots submitted by residents who the U.S. Department of Justice said could be noncitizens.
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