Key Facts

• The DOJ charged 28 people in California for unlawful voting and related offenses.
• Some of those charged are green card holders, meaning they are legal permanent residents, not U.S. citizens.
• The charges include illegal voting by non-citizens, false claims of citizenship, and interfering with a fair election process.
• The DOJ sent California a list of about 20,000 suspected non-citizens who received mail-in ballots for the upcoming election.
• California and Los Angeles officials refused to review the list, citing data privacy and security concerns.
• The DOJ sued California for failing to act on the list of suspected illegal voters.
• More than 16 million votes were cast in California during the last presidential election.
• President Donald Trump and Republican leaders say non-citizen voting threatens election fairness, but experts say such cases are very rare.