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Justice Department Sues California Over Voting Rights

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An earlier letter that McCotter sent on Oct 13 to Weber and Logan said the Justice Department provided officials in Los Angeles County with a “password-protected thumb drive” with the names of people the federal government “believes are likely non-citizens” that were sent mail-in ballots from California.

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On Thursday, the Justice Department sued California to block the state from counting the ballots.

5 of 10 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from The Straits Times

The justice department’s list of suspected non-citizens in California includes a “high percentage” of people born in the United States, Los Angeles election officials said on Tuesday.

3 of 10 outletsfirst reported 20 Octwording from The Guardian

The Trump administration is escalating its feud with California over allegations of noncitizen voting, threatening on Friday to criminally prosecute election workers who knowingly tabulate ballots belonging to noncitizen voters.

5 of 10 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from ABC News

“The [justice department’s] relentless efforts to unlawfully gain access to states’ protected voter data and purge voter rolls serve only to cause chaos and fuel public distrust in our elections,” Weber said.

3 of 10 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from The Guardian

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  1. 14 Oct

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.

    4 outlets · Toronto Star
  2. 15 Oct

    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.

    3 outlets · New York Post
  3. 16 Oct

    The letter is addressed to the Los Angeles county counsel’s office and also is copied to the California secretary of state, Shirley Weber, and the Los Angeles county registrar, Dean Logan, effectively putting the entire state on notice.

    2 outlets · The Guardian
  4. 17 Oct

    "Noncitizen voting in a federal election is a federal crime — and knowingly facilitating such conduct is equally unlawful," Trent McCotter, the acting US deputy attorney general, wrote in a letter released on Friday.

    2 outlets · The Straits Times
  5. 20 Oct

    The justice department’s list of suspected non-citizens in California includes a “high percentage” of people born in the United States, Los Angeles election officials said on Tuesday.

    3 outlets · The Guardian
  6. 21 Oct

    "At worst, it threatens to disenfranchise thousands of Californians this election."

    2 outlets · NPR

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