California Officials Fault DOJ's 1,000s-Name Noncitizen Voter List as Trump Presses Citizenship Checks
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 17
California Officials Fault DOJ's 1,000s-Name Noncitizen Voter List as Trump Presses Citizenship Checks
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 17
Summary
California election officials said the Justice Department sent thousands of suspected noncitizen names with so little identifying information that verifying citizenship or blocking ballots was often impossible.
Social Security numbers were missing from many entries, officials said, and some names were tied to California addresses outside the receiving offices' jurisdiction.
Los Angeles County's registrar called the material "basically a data dump" and said the initial delivery — a thumb drive with a password on a sticky note — raised security concerns about accessing voter-roll systems.
Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, defended the effort, saying the names had been confirmed through federal database reviews as the Trump administration pushes states to screen suspected noncitizens.