California Counties Reject Trump 48-Hour Voter Roll Demands Over 20,000 Noncitizen Claims
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Updated · CalMatters · Oct 28
California Counties Reject Trump 48-Hour Voter Roll Demands Over 20,000 Noncitizen Claims
3 articles · Updated · CalMatters · Oct 28
Summary
County election officials across California said they will not segregate ballots or alter vote-counting based on federal lists they described as inaccurate, incomplete and in some cases illegible.
The Trump administration gave counties 48 hours to cooperate and warned of possible criminal charges, tying the demands to a broader claim that 20,000 noncitizens were on California voter rolls.
Butte County said 32 of 47 flagged names were not active voters, seven lacked enough information to verify and only six might be ineligible; Fresno and San Benito also said their lists were unusable or included unregistered people.
Orange County said a letter alleging 1,754 'likely aliens' was first misdelivered, then resent with a data drive, with Registrar Bob Page planning a response by Wednesday.
A federal judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of the administration's legal case, while election experts said similar noncitizen-voter claims in other states have weakened under scrutiny.