DoJ’s suspected non-citizens list includes ‘high percentage’ of those born in US, LA officials say
Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) gave Los Angeles election officials a list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens registered to vote, but local officials found that many on the list were actually born in the U.S. The DoJ sued California after state officials refused to separate ballots from the people on the list without confirming their citizenship.Key Facts
- The DoJ sent a list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens in California to election officials last week.
- Los Angeles officials found that about 39% of a sample on the list were born in the United States.
- Only around 7,000 people on the list had an address in Los Angeles County.
- 43% of the listed voters had canceled voter registrations, and 71% never voted.
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created the list but has not shared how it matched voter records to non-citizen records.
- Previous DHS lists from other states, like Nevada, have been found to contain errors, with all flagged voters confirmed as citizens.
- The DoJ says some people on the list might be citizens but insists California must check the citizenship of voters on the list.
- California officials refused to separate ballots without independent citizenship checks, leading to the DoJ lawsuit.
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