NRT briefing
UCLA analysis finds 42% of names on DOJ noncitizen voter list not on California rolls
Based on reporting by PBS NewsHour.
The Brief
An analysis by UCLA Voting Rights Project researchers found that 8,880 of 20,930 names, or 42%, on a Trump administration list of alleged noncitizen voters do not correspond to anyone in California's current voter file. The analysis, filed Saturday in a lawsuit by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), also found at least 22 flagged individuals are U.S. citizens and that nearly 7,500 naturalized citizens were "highly likely" to be incorrectly flagged.
The Department of Justice had demanded California election officials separate ballots for these individuals on Election Day, a demand multiple judges have rejected as unconstitutional.
The analysis was made possible after a federal judge on Friday ordered the DOJ to share the list with plaintiffs. The administration has appealed a separate Friday ruling that ordered it to stop sending such demands to state officials. The DOJ defends its actions, stating that every ballot cast by an ineligible voter cancels out a citizen's vote.
Local officials have complained the lists were provided at the last minute, and the administration has also pressured Washington state over a similar list that officials there say includes errors.
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