Justice Department Sues California Over 20,000 Suspected Noncitizen Voters as Midterm Ballot Count Looms
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Updated · CBS New York · Oct 15
Justice Department Sues California Over 20,000 Suspected Noncitizen Voters as Midterm Ballot Count Looms
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Oct 15
Summary
A federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles seeks to stop California from tabulating vote-by-mail ballots from more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens until their citizenship can be verified.
The Justice Department says Homeland Security identified the names and that California failed to cooperate after Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter gave counties a 48-hour deadline to review the list.
Los Angeles County refused to examine the password-protected thumb drive, calling it an insecure medium that conflicted with privacy and cybersecurity protocols, while Secretary of State Shirley Weber said DOJ had not provided the list and called its claims unsubstantiated.
The case extends a broader DOJ push to obtain unredacted voter rolls nationwide; its Civil Rights Division has filed 31 such suits, lost 26, and has yet to win one.