The Aporia
The Aporia
CA Post Editorial Board. (2026, October 20). Inside Democrats’ absurd push to downplay noncitizen voting and block Voter ID. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/19/opinion/democrats-absurd-push-to-downplay-noncitizen-voting-and-block-voter-id/
CA Post Editorial Board. “Inside Democrats’ absurd push to downplay noncitizen voting and block Voter ID.” New York Post, 20 Oct. 2026, https://nypost.com/2026/10/19/opinion/democrats-absurd-push-to-downplay-noncitizen-voting-and-block-voter-id/.
CA Post Editorial Board. “Inside Democrats’ absurd push to downplay noncitizen voting and block Voter ID.” New York Post, October 20, 2026. https://nypost.com/2026/10/19/opinion/democrats-absurd-push-to-downplay-noncitizen-voting-and-block-voter-id/.
Dated from the outlet's own feed. Check the original for its byline.
On October 19, 2026, federal authorities arrested 28 foreign nationals in California as part of "Operation Protect the Vote," a sweep targeting noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections. The Justice Department charged these lawful permanent residents with election crimes such as making false statements on naturalization applications and submitting fraudulent voter registrations. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter emphasized that the DOJ will not tolerate noncitizens voting in federal elections, contrasting this stance with California officials who argue compliance with the demands would be unlawful without specific information from the federal government.
Attorney General Rob Bonta countered by stating these arrests represent an extremely small percentage of registered voters and do not indicate widespread voter fraud. Meanwhile, the Public Interest Legal Foundation documented how sanctuary city policies exacerbate the issue of noncitizen voting in California, underscoring concerns over electoral integrity ahead of the November elections.
Sanctuary immigration policies, along with a state system that automatically registers some voters, lead many to wonder just how many noncitizens are tucked into California’s voter rolls.
The Trump administration suggested that number is at least 20,000, and sued the state over its refusal to segregate those voters’ ballots to resolve eligibility questions before they’re counted.
Plus, the state has few guardrails on balloting: Officials paper the state with mail-in ballots with little care over who receives them, who completes them or who returns them.
The California Post has documented alleged cases of homeless Skid Row voters who say they were paid a couple of bucks to vote for specified mayoral candidates. The Post has also found thousands of voters registered using the addresses of temporary homeless shelters — with mail-in ballots presumably flowing to those locations automatically each election cycle, despite limited bed space and high turnover.
What’s more, ballot harvesting — the practice by which political operatives gather reams of paper ballots and submit them on behalf of others, with few if any controls or oversight — is rampant in California.
Despite this Dumpster fire, Democrats keep asserting that nothing’s amiss. True to character, California Dems derided Monday’s arrests. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press account on X shared a long series of tweets mocking the operation.
