DOJ Defends California Voter-List Claims After Outside Analysis

Politics · First reported 1 Nov, 23:54 · Updated 00:37

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The Justice Department defended its claim that more than 20,000 noncitizens appear on California’s voter rolls after an outside analysis challenged the list’s accuracy. It also urged a judge to consider sanctions over the analysis, while a separate ruling restricting DOJ actions concerning voter rolls was appealed.

DOJ defended its list of more than 20,000 people it alleges are noncitizens registered to vote in California.
CHIRLA’s analysis said more than 40% of the names did not appear in the state voter file and identified 22 people it said were likely naturalized citizens.
DOJ argued that the analysis violated a court order and suggested possible contempt proceedings; it also appealed a separate ruling restricting demands to remove possible noncitizens from voter rolls.

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Key facts

Names on DOJ list: More than 20,000 people alleged to be noncitizens registered to vote in California.
Outside analysis: More than 40% of names reportedly did not appear in the state voter file.
Likely naturalized citizens identified: 22 people.
DOJ filing: Sunday; it urged consideration of possible contempt proceedings over the analysis.