DOJ demands California counties identify noncitizen voters: Reports

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sent letters to election officials in every California county asking that they identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls, according to several reports. 

The letter warned local officials would “risk significant federal scrutiny” if they failed to comply with this request, The New York Times reported, citing a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. 

The DOJ’s letters included a list of people federal officials claimed the agency has identified as possible noncitizens who may receive ballots through California’s practice of sending a ballot to every registered voter in the state. 

The DOJ gave local officials 48 hours “to identify who on the accompanying list is a citizen and who is not.” 

For those whose “citizenship status cannot be confirmed, we request that you immediately instruct the........

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