ACLU faces blow as Iowa judge rules it can check ballots of potential noncitizens.

On Sunday, Judge Stephen Locher, appointed by President Biden, ruled in favor of Iowa in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the League of Latin American Citizens of Iowa on behalf of four recently-documented U.S. citizens.

Officials in Iowa, including Secretary of State Paul Pate, have been investigating approximately 2,000 names on voter rolls that may belong to noncitizens.

During a press conference on Oct. 30, Pate stated that officials have concerns about noncitizens casting illegal ballots and require clarification.

"However, we must ensure that they are citizens now, as none of them have been removed from the voter rolls, Pate stated, according to the Des Moines Register."

"We have asked the county auditors, through the poll workers, to challenge those votes to confirm their citizenship status, so that we can count their vote as well."

The ACLU had contended that the state's actions infringe on the voting rights of newly naturalized citizens. Judge Locher ruled that Iowa officials would not remove anyone from voting rolls but would instead require them to use provisional ballots.

The Trump campaign contested the election results and preferred Emerson College's polls.

The campaign memo stated that Emerson College's latest poll more accurately reflects the state of the Iowa electorate and did so with greater transparency in their methodology.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.