Justice Department sues California over noncitizens getting ballots
Summary
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against California. It claims the state has over 20,000 noncitizens unlawfully registered to vote and did not cooperate with federal requests to fix the voter roll problems before the upcoming elections.Key Facts
- The Justice Department sued California in federal court over alleged illegal voter registrations by noncitizens.
- Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter sent letters to counties, including Los Angeles, ordering review of suspected noncitizen voters.
- The DOJ provided a password-protected thumb drive with names but Los Angeles County officials refused to review it due to security concerns.
- California officials, including the Secretary of State, said the Justice Department has not provided the list and called the noncitizen voter claim unproven.
- The DOJ lawsuit accuses California of failing to work with the federal government to correct voter rolls.
- The DOJ wants the court to stop California from counting ballots from likely noncitizen voters until their citizenship can be confirmed.
- The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has filed multiple lawsuits against states to obtain voter roll data to check for noncitizens.
- So far, the federal government has lost 26 cases related to this issue and has not won any court rulings.
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