Maine's secretary of state says federal election monitors' role is "observation only"
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[0:00] A federal judge this week said he would
[0:02] consider appointing a special master to
[0:03] evaluate the Trump administration's
[0:05] argument that California must throw out
[0:07] 20,000 ballots cast by alleged
[0:10] non-citizen voters. The administration
[0:12] sued California election officials
[0:14] earlier this month for failing to review
[0:16] a list of non-citizens who allegedly
[0:18] voted on the state's voter roles. On
[0:20] Monday, a federal appeals court
[0:22] dismissed the Justice Department's move
[0:24] to force California to discard ballots
[0:26] already cast by these voters. The
[0:29] Justice Department also now