The Justice Department is threatening legal action against California and Los Angeles County election officials unless they review a list of alleged noncitizens on LA’s voter rolls within 48 hours.
In letters obtained by CNN, Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter demanded that officials stop sending ballots to people on the list and segregate any ballots from those voters until their citizenship is confirmed. California mailed ballots to all voters on Oct. 5.
The administration’s track record on these lists is poor. In Nevada, DHS initially claimed 15,900 noncitizen registrants. It then said it had confirmed only 185, and state officials later found all 185 were citizens. DHS disputes that finding. The DOJ has sued 30 states for unredacted voter roll data and has lost every case a judge has ruled on so far, including in California.
It’s also unclear what legal authority the administration has to force the state’s hand, because the Constitution gives states the primary role i...