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What happened
The Department of Justice provided a list of approximately 20,000 likely noncitizen voters to election officials in Los Angeles County. Local election officials stated in court filings that a preliminary review found the list to be unreliable, with some individuals on the list appearing to be United States-born. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors asserted that Los Angeles County officials made a significant concession by stating they cannot independently verify voter citizenship beyond registration forms.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that the Department of Justice provided a list of 20,000 likely noncitizen voters to Los Angeles County and that court filings involving local election officials and federal prosecutors have addressed the matter.
Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic and TPM – Talking Points Memo emphasize that the list is flawed and contains U.S.-born citizens, describing it as inaccurate and exposed as crap. Center coverage from NPR reports neutrally that the list appears unreliable based on local analysis. Right-leaning outlets such as Blaze Media, Fox News, WorldNetDaily, and Breitbart News focus heavily on claims of a massive concession by Los Angeles County officials and highlight the ongoing legal feud over voter rolls and citizenship verification.
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Some on DOJ's 20,000 "likely" noncitizen list in Calif. appear to be U.S.-born
Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote in California shows the list is "unreliable."
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Source context: The Department of Justice’s purported list of noncitizen voters contains quite a few people who say they were born in the United States.In court documents filed Tuesday, Los Angeles County election officials wrote that a list that the DOJ provided to them with 20,000 supposed non…
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The Department of Justice’s purported list of noncitizen voters contains quite a few people who say they were born in the United States.In court documents filed Tuesday, Los Angeles County election officials wrote that a list that the DOJ provided to them with 20,000 supposed noncitizens voting in California was inaccurate, The Guardian reports. The…
That Didn’t Take Long The top election official in Los Angeles County has done a preliminary review of the Trump...
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Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote in California shows the list is "unreliable."
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Los Angeles officials appear to have made a damning concession in a filing related to the legal feud over 20,000 people identified as "likely noncitizens" who are registered to vote.In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the Department of Justice demanded that state and L.A. County officials refrain from tabulating the vote-by-mail ballots of the individuals in…
Gavin Newsom and Bill Essayli clashed over noncitizen voting after an LA County official said the registrar cannot verify voter citizenship.
Lawsuit seeks to prevent state from counting votes from those who are ineligible
A “massive concession” claim emerged Tuesday in the federal dispute over California’s voter rolls after Los Angeles County officials told a court they cannot independently verify voters’ citizenship beyond what voters state on their registration forms.
