Alarming reality of California’s noncitizen voting problem is exposed — and so are the Dems who excuse it

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Adams, J. C. (2026, October 20). Alarming reality of California’s noncitizen voting problem is exposed — and so are the Dems who excuse it. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/19/opinion/californias-noncitizen-voting-problem-is-exposed-and-so-are-the-dems-who-excuse-it/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-20 · by J. Christian Adams

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The article discusses instances of noncitizen voting in California, particularly highlighting cases in San Francisco and Oakland where aliens were found on voter rolls despite policies meant to prevent this. It cites specific examples like Elizaveta Shuvalova, a Russian citizen who registered to vote in San Francisco, and voters in Oakland who admitted they weren’t citizens but were still allowed to register. The author argues that sanctuary city policies exacerbate the problem and calls for Prop. 39 to improve election integrity by verifying voter identity.
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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.

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📰 California Noncitizen Voting Arrests
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J. Christian Adams
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🔮 Times are changing, and aliens who thought they could get away with voting would be wise to reconsider.
2026-10-20 · assertive framing · Alarming reality of California’s noncitizen voting problem is exposed — and so are the Dems who excuse it
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American California Russian San Francisco The Public Interest Legal Foundation

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California GPE · 10× American NORP · 2× Russian NORP · 2× Trump PERSON · 2× Virginia GPE · 2× Democrat NORP · 1× Elizaveta Shuvalova PERSON · 1× Oakland GPE · 1× San Francisco GPE · 1× The Public Interest Legal Foundation ORG · 1×

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Federal law also has a 90-day freeze where voters cannot be booted off the rolls before an election — and quarantining ballots is likely akin to booting voters from the rolls.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-20
🔮 Times are changing, and aliens who thought they could get away with voting would be wise to reconsider.
2026-10-20 · New York Post
Alarming reality of California’s noncitizen voting problem is exposed — and so are the Dems who excuse it · assertive framing

Claims (37 extracted, 1 hedged)

For years, American institutions turned a blind eye to aliens on the voter rolls. asserted
institutions → turn → rolls
Times are changing, and aliens who thought they could get away with voting would be wise to reconsider. uncertain
they → change → voting
Those on the organized left pretended noncitizen voting was a fairy tale. asserted
voting → pretend → left
They still do. asserted
They → do → ?
They have been visible to anyone who wanted to ask the right questions. asserted
who → want → questions
Sanctuary city policies make the problem worse. asserted
problem → make → ?
There, Elizaveta Shuvalova, a Russian citizen, registered to vote. asserted
Shuvalova → register → ?
She was registered to vote until she returned an absentee ballot that said, “I am a Russian citizen!” asserted
I → register → ballot
The Public Interest Legal Foundation documented the relation between California sanctuary city policies to hundreds of aliens ending up on the rolls. asserted
Foundation → document → rolls
Sanctuary city policies made the problem of aliens registering and voting worse. asserted
aliens → make → ?
In Oakland, aliens actually told election officials on the voter registration form that they were not citizens, but they were registered anyway. asserted
they → tell → form
That’s how ridiculous things were before the change in enforcement policies by the Trump administration. asserted
things → ’ → administration
Aliens begged to be removed from the rolls, because the federal government wasn’t doing its job across the decades. asserted
government → beg → decades
Over and over, the system broke down. asserted
system → break → ?
California election laws are notorious for doing everything the opposite of what they should do for clean elections. asserted
they → do → elections
Automatic registration, automatic mail voting, mail ballots without safeguards — these policies make California elections a mess. asserted
elections → make → safeguards
Enacting Prop. 39 would be a rare improvement in California elections. asserted
Enacting → enact → elections
It would ensure mail-in ballots are actually being voted by the proper registered voter and that in-person voters are who they say they are. asserted
they → ensure → person
Black, white, Democrat, Republican — all have majorities that support Voter ID. asserted
that → have → ID
Voter ID is an election-law issue that the institutional left is losing. asserted
left → lose → that
The feds have provided California with data purporting to contain the names of 20,000 possible aliens on the voter rolls. asserted
feds → provide → rolls
That’s an astounding number, if accurate. asserted
That → ’ → ?
There are multiple ways that lists of aliens invite false positives. asserted
lists → be → positives
The “alien” on a list has since naturalized and is now a citizen. asserted
alien → naturalize → list
The other is that Virginia, for example, removed American citizens because of inconsistent answers to DMV questions. asserted
Virginia → remove → questions
Accompanying these data is a lawsuit, demanding that California quarantine suspected noncitizens’ ballots — and determine their eligibility before those ballots are counted. asserted
ballots → accompany → eligibility
Courts have been uniformly hostile to lawsuits that shake up the state of play right before an election. asserted
that → shake → election
Federal law also has a 90-day freeze where voters cannot be booted off the rolls before an election — and quarantining ballots is likely akin to booting voters from the rolls. asserted
quarantining → have → rolls
The Supreme Court will decide whether removing noncitizens is a systematic process barred within 90 days of an election. asserted
removing → decide → election
Speaking from experience, government lists of aliens are often filled with false positives. asserted
lists → speak → positives
I learned this the hard way when Virginia provided me with a list of over 6,000 “removed as noncitizens,” except they all weren’t noncitizens. asserted
they → learn → noncitizens
But just because lists of aliens aren’t perfect doesn’t mean governments should ignore the law. asserted
governments → mean → law
It is commendable that the Trump administration is tackling a longstanding problem. asserted
administration → tackle → problem
We can get it right and only remove and prosecute actual aliens who are registered and voting. asserted
who → get → aliens
Predictably, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is responding in a partisan way. asserted
Newsom → respond → way
He calls the effort to enforce the law “suppression.” asserted
He → call → law
What is partisan about allowing lawlessness to flourish in elections? asserted
lawlessness → allow → elections
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