‘Serious doubts about the reliability of your data’: DOJ gives California 48 hours to review list of alleged noncitizens who got mail ballots
Source: Fortune ·
The Trump administration has made the hunt for noncitizen voters a priority this year, even though the problem is exceptionally rare.
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The Justice Department has threatened California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots for next month’s midterm elections. A letter Tuesday to Secretary of State Shirley Weber from Trent McCotter, the acting deputy attorney general, says that the Justice Department has provided officials in Los Angeles County with a password-protected thumb drive with a list of names the federal government believes are likely noncitizens who were sent ballots to participate in November’s election. The letter obtained by The Associated Press gives the state 48 hours to determine whether any citizens are included on the list. For individuals whose citizenship cannot be independently verified, the state is to instruct local election officials to segregate their mail-in ballots until their status can be determined, and to not provide a ballot to anyone who has not yet received it. It warns that legal action may follow if the state does not…