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October 29, 2026
Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe Into Alleged Noncitizen Voting in California
- Los Angeles County registrar employees received grand jury subpoenas, and Orange County confirmed subpoenas seeking unredacted registration records for 80 people.
- A federal judge declined to order officials to segregate ballots from as many as 20,000 people the administration alleges may be noncitizens.
- The judge appointed a special master to evaluate the administration’s claims about noncitizens on California’s voter rolls.
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- Justice Dept. Pressures California With Expanded Election InvestigationOct 29, 2026 at 8:56 PM · NYT
- Trump administration opens criminal investigation over alleged noncitizen voting in CaliforniaOct 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM · The Guardian
- California election officials face grand jury subpoenas as DOJ expands voting investigationOct 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM · CBS News
- DOJ subpoenas local election officials over claims of noncitizen voting in CaliforniaOct 30, 2026 at 12:17 AM · NBC
- Justice Department issues subpoenas to California election workersOct 30, 2026 at 1:35 AM · NPR