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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Safiyah Riddle and Eric Tucker

Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls

Election 2026 Noncitizen Voting California - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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.

A letter Tuesday to Secretary of State Shirley Weber from Trent McCotter, the acting deputy attorney general, says that the Justice Department has provided officials in Los Angeles County with a password-protected thumb drive with a list of names the federal government believes are likely noncitizens.

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