The Department of Homeland Security clarified that these 20,000 names are a manually verified subset of a larger group of 190,832 preliminary records flagged in July. The DOJ filed the action after officials in California and Los Angeles County refused to open a secure thumb drive of suspected noncitizens and missed a 48 hour deadline to scrub rolls before the midterm elections, which are less than 3 weeks away.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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DOJ Threatens California Officials With Criminal Probes Over 20,000 Ballots
US Politics4 days ago
California's election supervisors may face federal prosecution for tallying mail-in votes from people the government believes are ineligible citizens. The Justice Department issued the warning in conjunction with an emergency lawsuit to block the counting of approximately 20,000 suspected noncitizen ballots, asking a federal judge to sequester the votes until citizenship is verified to prevent the dilution of legal votes.
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