Yunior is a breaking news reporter from Brooklyn, New York. He earned his master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in local news and data reporting. He is passionate about civic education and engagement.
The potential illegal voting identified by the Department of Justice is painstakingly microscopic: just 0.00006% of all ballots cast in the elections at issue, or one alleged illegal vote for every 1.7 million votes.
California has long occupied a special place on President Donald Trump’s list of election grievances.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) official leading the Trump administration’s assault on California’s mail ballots manages the department’s criminal investigations.
The Department of Justice dramatically escalated its confrontation with California election officials Friday, explicitly warning that they could face federal criminal exposure if they count ballots from voters the Trump administration has flagged as potential noncitizens.
The Department of Justice’s alarming lawsuit to stop California from counting roughly 20,000 ballots from people suspected of being noncitizens could lay the groundwork for challenges to Election Day results, experts warned.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) gave California just two days to review more than 20,000 voters it claimed may be noncitizens, threatening to sue if election officials did not act in time.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) threatened to sue California unless election officials sideline ballots from people the federal government believes are “likely noncitizens.” But in letters reviewed by Democracy Docket, the department cites no clear legal authority for ordering state and local election officials to take those steps.
A New Jersey judge refused to halt Ocean County’s investigation into dozens of Democratic and unaffiliated voters ahead of the midterms, allowing election officials to continue the GOP-led process and potentially flag voters for additional scrutiny at the polls.
Voting rights groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold federal protections against purges within 90 days of an election, warning that last-minute removals can disenfranchise eligible voters.
The Trump administration continued airing taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump after a federal judge ordered the campaign halted, then told the court that an internal email delay was to blame.
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