Legal filing questions Trump’s claims of non-citizen voting in California
Summary
A court filing by CHIRLA says a UCLA analysis found major errors in a Trump administration list of people described as likely non-citizen voters in California. The filing comes as a federal appeals court has rejected the administration’s effort to require California to set aside ballots linked to the list.Key Facts
- The Trump administration sent California a list in early October that identified as many as 20,930 registered voters as likely non-citizens.
- UCLA data scientists found that 8,880 names on the list—42 percent—did not appear in California’s current voter files.
- The analysis also found that thousands of potentially eligible U.S. citizens were incorrectly identified as ineligible to vote.
- CHIRLA submitted the analysis to the court on Saturday.
- A lawsuit filed on October 15 seeks to prevent ballots linked to the list from being counted.
- On Friday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration’s complaint for a second time, ruling it unconstitutional.
- The article says all 50 states prohibit non-citizen voting in federal elections.
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