DOJ Accuses Several Permanent Residents of Voter Fraud in California as ID Measure Gains Focus
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
DOJ Accuses Several Permanent Residents of Voter Fraud in California as ID Measure Gains Focus
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
Summary
Several U.S. permanent residents were accused by the Justice Department of registering to vote in California despite not being citizens, in a crime bust the DOJ cast as an election-integrity push.
Trent McCotter said the department is suing California over voter rolls while stepping up efforts to identify noncitizens registered to vote.
Proposition 39, a California ballot measure that would require government-issued photo ID at the polls, moved to the center of the dispute after House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar denounced it as voter suppression.
Republican California lawmakers including Ken Calvert, Vince Fong and Young Kim said the DOJ case underscored the need for voter ID, while Gov. Gavin Newsom's office criticized the operation and noted reports that more of those charged were registered Republicans.
Voter ID laws are already in place in 36 states and retain broad public support, but federal efforts to mandate them have repeatedly stalled in Congress.