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Oct 30, 2026

Federal judge orders Justice Department to hand over California noncitizen voter list

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to provide immigrant rights groups with its disputed list of 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters in California, with analysis showing over 40% of names cannot be found on state voter rolls.

Oct 30, 20265 sources

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▪The Trump administration objected to sharing the voter list of 20,930 suspected noncitizen California voters with outside organizations, characterizing the request as an improper fishing expedition involving sensitive personal information
▪California election officials stated that processed mail-in ballots are completely anonymized and cannot be traced back to individual voters to satisfy Justice Department demands
▪California election officials complained that the Trump administration presented lists of suspected noncitizen voters at the last minute, leaving no time to perform legally required investigations before Election Day

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2026 U.S. midterm elections1 Elections1 Federal agencies1 Immigration1 Judiciary1 State politics1 Trump administration1 U.S. immigration1 U.S. voting rights1

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