DOJ noncitizen voter list includes many U.S.-born individuals, California challenges its accuracy

In a recent filing, Los Angeles County election staff contested a DOJ-supplied list of roughly 20,000 voters alleged to be noncitizens, noting that a significant number were born in the United States. The department had given California a 48-hour window to withhold the ballots of those on the list until citizenship could be confirmed, but the state declined and was subsequently sued. A review of a 200-person sample revealed many had cancelled voter registrations, most had never cast a ballot, and fewer than half were mailed a ballot for one outlet election.

The filing also highlighted that only about 7,000 of the listed individuals actually resided in the county. Similar inaccuracies have been reported in other states, and the DOJ maintains that states must verify citizenship despite the disputed data.