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The Trump administration filed a bombshell lawsuit against California for failing to review a list of more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens in the state who allegedly registered to vote in next month’s midterm election.
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who → file → election
The suit filed Thursday came two days after Justice Department officials ordered the state’s election bosses to review the list naming thousands of alleged noncitizens believed to be on the California’s voter rolls — giving them 48 hours to comply.
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officials → file → hours
The suit argues that DOJ has an obligation to intervene to prevent the state from permitting noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
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DOJ → argue → elections
Under federal law, only US citizens are permitted vote in such elections.
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citizens → permit → elections
Federal officials supplied Los Angeles County with a password-protected thumb drive identifying suspected noncitizens who were sent mail-in ballots, according to letters sent Tuesday to Secretary of State Shirley Weber and LA County Clerk Dean Logan.
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who → supply → Weber
Acting Deputy Attorney General R. Trent McCotter warned Logan and Weber in the letter that they would face legal challenge if they failed to review the list in time.
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they → act → time
Representatives for Logan and Weber didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the suit.
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Representatives → respond → suit
Justice Department officials told the California Post that immediate action is needed to ensure that noncitizens who received ballots do not vote in the upcoming election.
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who → tell → election
“This should not be controversial, as the criminal statute is clear: only American citizens may vote in federal elections.
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citizens → vote → elections
It is a federal crime for noncitizens to vote in US elections, and the DOJ is asking California to ensure that is not occurring,” the officials said.
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officials → vote → California
Logan confirmed in a statement that his office received the letter and the thumb drive, along with a “hand written note providing a password” to access the list of alleged noncitizens on the voter rolls.
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office → confirm → rolls
He said he did not consider the thumb drive a secure device and hadn’t yet accessed any files.
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drive → say → files
The letter, which Logan made public, does not specify the number of individuals flagged by the federal government.
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Logan → make → government
Logan said his office is working with the secretary of state and attorney general’s offices to decide how to proceed.
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office → say → offices
McCotter’s suit, which was also joined by Attorney General Todd Blanche and top LA’s top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli, states that the “Federal Government asked California to work collaboratively to identify any noncitizens registered to vote in the State.”
But “California made no serious effort to do so,” the suit says.
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suit → join → effort
Trump administration officials have blasted California’s voting practices, saying the state’s lax rules invited fraud.
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rules → blast → fraud
The administration has repeatedly portrayed voter fraud and noncitizen voting as widespread, despite studies showing it is rare.
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it → portray → studies
A Reuters investigation found that software glitches and clerical mistakes may have put more than 30,000 noncitizens on voter rolls nationwide since 2000, though it was unclear how many actually voted.
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many → find → 2000
Federal prosecutors, meanwhile, announced 16 new criminal cases Monday involving alleged noncitizen voting or fraudulent registrations.
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prosecutors → announce → voting
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