DOJ Subpoenas California Election Officials Over Noncitizen Voting Claims

What's happening

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation in California over claims that as many as 20,000 noncitizens are on the state's voter rolls, and federal grand jury subpoenas have been issued to local election officials there.6(source: Oct 30: DOJ Subpoenas California Election Officials Over Noncitizen Voting Claims) A federal judge on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's request to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots from alleged noncitizens, after the Ninth Circuit earlier declined the department's emergency request in a 2-1 decision.6(source: Oct 30: DOJ Subpoenas California Election Officials Over Noncitizen Voting Claims)4(source: Oct 24: Ninth Circuit Denies DOJ Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Mail Ballots) The Justice Department has also asked Washington state election officials to set aside ballots from people it says are not U.S. citizens until eligibility can be confirmed.5(source: Oct 27: DOJ says over 400 noncitizens registered to vote in Washington state)

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How we got here

1. No readers have picked a side yetOct 27DOJ says over 400 noncitizens registered to vote in Washington state
2. No readers have picked a side yetOct 24Ninth Circuit Denies DOJ Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Mail Ballots
3. No readers have picked a side yetOct 19DOJ Arrests 28 Noncitizens in California Voter Fraud Crackdown