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The Ghost in the Voter Rolls
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In Short: A lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch targets California's voter rolls, alleging thousands of inactive and potentially fraudulent registrations.
Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner and the American Independent Party of California, targeting over 873,000 inactive voter registrations in California.
PILF lawyers also identified 9,766 potentially deceased active voter registrants in Los Angeles County, along with 1,279 duplicate registrations and 1,340 registrants with fictitious birth dates.
In addition, the complaint alleged that almost 95,000 dead people were on California’s voter rolls, along with more than 57,000 duplicate registrants, and more than 7,600 registrants with fictitious birth dates.
The Department of Justice has also announced a series of arrests related to alleged voter fraud in California, and separately pursued a lawsuit against the state over 20,000 alleged non-citizens registered to vote.
Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch President, stated, “Judicial Watch’s federal lawsuit confirms California has a dirty voting rolls crisis — with thousands of old names on the rolls going back at least 10 years.”
The lawsuit highlights the persistent vulnerabilities in California’s voter rolls that critics say undermine public trust in the electoral process.
The Justice Department has pressured state officials to assist in investigations of allegations of voter fraud, having sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for refusing to hand over their voter registration list data.
Neil Floyd, the acting U.S. Attorney in Seattle, and Pete Serrano, the top federal prosecutor in eastern Washington, said they believe that many of the more than 400 registered voters are green-card holders, who have legal immigration status but are not U.S. Citizens and cannot vote in federal elections.
The State Department is assessing how it could grant state and local officials access to federal passport records to verify voters' citizenship status ahead of the midterm elections in November.
The lawsuit comes as California voters head to the polls for the June 2 primary featuring high-stakes races for governor, Los Angeles mayor, and Secretary of State.
What this adds
The lawsuit and arrests highlight the ongoing efforts to address voter roll irregularities and alleged voter fraud in California.
The Justice Department's actions in California mirror similar efforts in other states, such as Nevada, where the administration has also pursued investigations into voter rolls.
What's confirmed
- Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner and the American Independent Party of California, targeting over 873,000 inactive voter registrations in California.
- PILF lawyers also identified 9,766 potentially deceased active voter registrants in Los Angeles County, along with 1,279 duplicate registrations and 1,340 registrants with fictitious birth dates.
- In addition, the complaint alleged that almost 95,000 dead people were on California’s voter rolls, along with more than 57,000 duplicate registrants, and more than 7,600 registrants with fictitious birth dates.
- The Department of Justice has also announced a series of arrests related to alleged voter fraud in California, and separately pursued a lawsuit against the state over 20,000 alleged non-citizens registered to vote.
- The lawsuit highlights the persistent vulnerabilities in California’s voter rolls that critics say undermine public trust in the electoral process.
- The Justice Department has pressured state officials to assist in investigations of allegations of voter fraud, having sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for refusing to hand over their voter registration list data.
- Neil Floyd, the acting U.S. Attorney in Seattle, and Pete Serrano, the top federal prosecutor in eastern Washington, said they believe that many of the more than 400 registered voters are green-card holders, who have legal immigration status but are not U.S. Citizens and cannot vote in federal elections.
- The State Department is assessing how it could grant state and local officials access to federal passport records to verify voters' citizenship status ahead of the midterm elections in November.
- The lawsuit comes as California voters head to the polls for the June 2 primary featuring high-stakes races for governor, Los Angeles mayor, and Secretary of State.
What's still developing
- Trump amplified the threat on Truth Social : “They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” The administration’s tactics in California mirror what the Department of Homeland Security tried in Nevada, where Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens were on the voter rolls and sent a letter to state officials pressuring them to review each case.
- The federal administration previously sued Nevada for its decision to keep its voter file redacted.
- Officials later acknowledged identifying only 185 potential noncitizen voters, saying the original larger figure was a "ceiling." 🔥 Over the last several weeks, a series of wildfires — some natural, others believed to be started by people — have burned hundreds of thousands of acres across northern Nevada.
- Administrators say they are confident, but ongoing lawsuits, new candidate pools, and federal absentee ballot deadlines add up to an ‘aggressive timeline’ Administrators in counties affected by Tennessee’s congressional redistricting are working quickly to adjust voter rolls on a tight timeline before the Aug. 6 primary election.
- “I have been a voter since I was 18 and now I find myself struck off the list,” protester Nandita, 46, told AFP, giving only one name.
- The overhaul of India’s voter rolls has resulted in more than 133 million names being removed from electoral lists, according to figures reported by Indian media and cited by opposition parties in court filings.
- She said that over the summer, the Department of Homeland Security claimed that California had 190,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls but refused to provide the methodology or data sources when the office asked for them.
- “Washington elections are secure. Cases of voter fraud, including noncitizen voting, are incredibly rare, and every voter attests to their eligibility by signing the declaration on their ballot return envelope in every election,” Hobbs said in the statement.
- “Following due verification of facts and documents provided by the elector, the entry for Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has been validated and parked for inclusion in the Final Electoral Roll of AC–14 (Shalimar Bagh),” read a statement from the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of the Shalimar Bagh seat.