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UCLA filing says 42% of DOJ noncitizen-voter names not on California rolls
A UCLA analysis in a Saturday court filing said 8,880 of 20,930 names the Justice Department flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California were not on the state's voter file, the AP reported.
Based on reporting by LAist
Wire reporting: (AP, via LAist)
Two UCLA data analysts wrote in a Saturday court filing that 8,880 of 20,930 names the U.S. Justice Department told California officials to treat as possible noncitizen voters — 42 percent of the list — do not match anyone in the state's current voter file, according to Associated Press reporting carried by LAist1.
The analysts, with UCLA's Voting Rights Project, joined a lawsuit with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights; the filing said at least 22 names appear to be U.S. citizens1.
Judges have rejected a demand that those ballots be separated on Election Day, AP reported, and a federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to stop sending such demands, a ruling the administration appealed Saturday1.
Los Angeles U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli called the analysis bogus on social media, and a department spokesperson said ineligible ballots cancel citizens' votes, AP reported1.
