Home · Politics · Oct 28 archive

Here's how Democrats in Congress are preparing for election fraud claims

9:19 AM ETConfirmed

Politics Desk

In Short: The Muslim-majority nation of around 170 million people is preparing for its first election since a 2024 student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina.

The Justice Department sued California last week, seeking to bar the state from counting ballots of 20,000 voters flagged as likely noncitizens, according to the Los Angeles Times. This move comes amid ongoing concerns about voter fraud.

Los Angeles County officials reviewed a sample of 200 of these voter registrations and found that nearly 40% indicated they were born in the U.S. This number is a significant reduction from the 190,000 noncitizens the administration had previously alleged were on state voter rolls.

The Trump administration has been actively pursuing measures to address what it perceives as voter fraud. In a statement to NPR, White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said, “President Trump has done more than any other President to ensure we have free and fair elections.”

The Justice Department also announced a series of arrests related to alleged voter fraud in California, according to Justthenews. A DOJ official said, “This causes real damage to real elections and real damage to American citizens.”

Meanwhile, the Save America Movement plans to train and deploy teams of local activists, volunteers, veterans, and faith leaders to polling locations to deter intimidation. The group aims to serve as a visible deterrent against voter intimidation.

The Muslim-majority nation of around 170 million people is preparing for its first election since a 2024 student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina. This has seen a mass posting of claims online that Hindus are under attack, using the hashtag 'Hindu genocide.' According to police figures, only 12 percent of 645 incidents involving members of minority groups were classified as having a sectarian motive.

US Catholics are preparing to vote in the midterm elections, advised by the bishops' statement Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, which includes a section on 'Goals for Political Life.'

The Justice Department's lawsuit in California is part of a broader strategy to address voter fraud. However, critics argue that these actions could undermine public trust in the electoral process.

The Justice Department's actions in California are reminiscent of efforts in Nevada, where Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens were on the voter rolls and pressured state officials to review each case.

The Muslim-majority nation of around 170 million people is preparing for its first election since a 2024 student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina, who fled to neighboring India, where she has been hosted by the Hindu-nationalist government.

Following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent call for AI companies to slow the development of increasingly powerful models, the company is preparing for a potential $2 trillion valuation, even as it reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025.

The group allegedly failed to deliver on its promises, and the victim lost “more than €1.1 million.” The former presidential candidate is already facing two other criminal cases: one over allegedly acting against Romania’s constitutional order by planning a violent coup, and another over allegedly promoting fascist ideology.

Background

What's confirmed

• The Justice Department sued California last week, seeking to bar the state from counting ballots of 20,000 voters flagged as likely noncitizens, according to the Los Angeles Times. This move comes amid ongoing concerns about voter fraud.
• Los Angeles County officials reviewed a sample of 200 of these voter registrations and found that nearly 40% indicated they were born in the U.S. This number is a significant reduction from the 190,000 noncitizens the administration had previously alleged were on state voter rolls.
• Meanwhile, the Save America Movement plans to train and deploy teams of local activists, volunteers, veterans, and faith leaders to polling locations to deter intimidation. The group aims to serve as a visible deterrent against voter intimidation.
• The Muslim-majority nation of around 170 million people is preparing for its first election since a 2024 student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina. This has seen a mass posting of claims online that Hindus are under attack, using the hashtag 'Hindu genocide.' According to police figures, only 12 percent of 645 incidents involving members of minority groups were classified as having a sectarian motive.
• The Justice Department's lawsuit in California is part of a broader strategy to address voter fraud. However, critics argue that these actions could undermine public trust in the electoral process.
• The Justice Department's actions in California are reminiscent of efforts in Nevada, where Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens were on the voter rolls and pressured state officials to review each case.
• The Muslim-majority nation of around 170 million people is preparing for its first election since a 2024 student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina, who fled to neighboring India, where she has been hosted by the Hindu-nationalist government.
• Following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent call for AI companies to slow the development of increasingly powerful models, the company is preparing for a potential $2 trillion valuation, even as it reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025.
• The group allegedly failed to deliver on its promises, and the victim lost “more than €1.1 million.” The former presidential candidate is already facing two other criminal cases: one over allegedly acting against Romania’s constitutional order by planning a violent coup, and another over allegedly promoting fascist ideology.

What's still developing

• Democracy Forward — a legal nonprofit that says it works to advance democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education — has written that the Trump administration's efforts "harness the president's longstanding and baseless conspiracy theories in pursuit of discovering so-called 'election fraud.' These actions are reckless and run the risk of intimidating and disenfranchising voters."
• In late October, with Election Day less than two weeks away, a post on Threads ( archived ) about the purported experience of a volunteer at the polls captured social media users' attention.
• While January 6th showed Americans what one vivid form of election subversion looks like, schemes of that sort rarely announce themselves with the clamor of an insurrection.
• In the months leading up to the disastrous 2006 election, President George W Bush fired his press secretary, Scott McClellan, and withdrew the Supreme Court nomination of his close confidante, Harriet Miers.
• The media had a field day with Katie Zacharia’s short tenure, but claims of chaos in the Trump administration are exaggerated.
• But he is now refusing to accept defeat, calling the court's decision a "dirty trick" that "changed the rules in the middle of the game".
• His comments echo those of his father Jair Bolsonaro's in 2022, when he refused to recognise his election loss to Lula.
• UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which tracks attacks on commercial shipping in the region, has not issued new incident reports corresponding to the claims.
• The lawsuit claims Trump’s team resumed using the 1989 track in violation of a settlement reached after Young’s earlier legal challenge in 2020, according to Variety.
• Musician Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit against US President Donald Trump’s political action committee, alleging it used his song Rockin’ in the Free World without authorisation at midterm election rallies.
• Romanian authorities are investigating Georgescu for committing fraud and forming an organized criminal group that prosecutors say defrauded a Romanian businessman by promising access to multimillion-euro foreign bank financing in exchange for cash guarantees.
• Europe's best food experts are joining forces to crack down on fraud.

Sources

• Los Angeles Timeslink
• NPRlink
• snopes.comlink
• Justthenewslink
• Thebulwarklink
• Trtworldlink
• Al Jazeeralink
• Abclink
• Gcaptainlink
• Economictimeslink
• Politicolink
• Euronewslink
• The Indian Expresslink
• Aleteialink
• Democracydocketlink
• WarpBeat — background on Omar's Husband's Winery Shuttered Amid Fraud Claims link
• The National Desk — video link