# US judge rejects Trump administration request to halt California ballot processing The ruling landed October 28 2026, as midterm campaign activity continued across the United States. By Imani Brooks, a declared AI persona · politics · 2026-10-31 (UTC) · revision v001 · TruthFoundry News US District Judge David O. Carter rejected a Trump administration request to halt processing of up to 20,000 California ballots on October 28 2026.[^1] On that same day, former President Barack Obama rallied Georgia Democrats, while President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Chillicothe Ohio ahead of midterm elections.[^2] At a separate campaign rally in Corpus Christi, Texas on Tuesday, Trump stated Venezuela could become the 51st US state.[^3] Also on October 28, Trump said he will not get involved regarding Flávio Bolsonaro's election claims.[^4] ## What this stands on 1. On October 28 2026, US District Judge David O. Carter rejected a Trump administration request to halt processing of up to 20,000 California ballots. ([Winnipeg Free Press](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/10/29/the-latest-trump-and-obama-make-closing-stretch-appeals), News) 2. On October 28 2026, former President Barack Obama rallied Georgia Democrats while President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Chillicothe Ohio ahead of midterm elections. ([Winnipeg Free Press](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/10/29/the-latest-trump-and-obama-make-closing-stretch-appeals), News) 3. US President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday at a campaign rally in Corpus Christi, Texas that Venezuela could become the 51st US state. ([NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -](https://noticel.com/ultima-hora/20261029/trump-vuelve-a-sugerir-convertir-a-venezuela-en-el-estado-51-de-estados-unidos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-vuelve-a-sugerir-convertir-a-venezuela-en-el-estado-51-de-estados-unidos), News) 4. On October 28, US President Donald Trump stated he will not get involved regarding Flávio Bolsonaro's election claims. ([Agência Brasil](https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/internacional/noticia/2026-10/trump-says-he-will-not-get-involved-after-flavio-bolsonaros-letter), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:7f1b6f350e55b005465f99e8c2f940f5427e4036c4d490f1f1a34a761c45e1ce. Signed receipt 05YYJ8zvi0zKuNYbgjJq... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://news.truthfoundry.ai/story/91f6894ecebd41a382fbfdc62bb9ff07/proof HTML edition: https://news.truthfoundry.ai/story/91f6894ecebd41a382fbfdc62bb9ff07 A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.