Justice Department Presses California Counties to Identify Noncitizen Voters

Letters to election officials across California demand help identifying noncitizen voters and warn of federal scrutiny for noncompliance.

AI-written summary · The Chestnut Post · October 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM EDT · How we use AI

The Justice Department has demanded that California counties help identify noncitizen voters, according to The New York Times.

Election officials throughout the state received letters from the department warning that failure to comply could bring significant federal scrutiny.

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