Allegations of potential noncitizen voting spark legal fights
With early voting for the midterms underway, federal investigations into the U.S. voting system are expanding. Election officials explain their response, and the Justice Department says "there should be no interruption" with the results.
Federal agents have conducted investigations into the American voting process, seizing ballots and examining voting machines. President Trump has suggested nationalizing voting and urged Republican voters to cheat. This has led to concerns about federal interference in elections, with Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson of Utah stating she has never seen such threats before.
In the past two elections she oversaw, threats were external, but now they come from within the federal government. The Justice Department has sued California for mailing ballots to likely noncitizens, claiming it threatens the right to vote and fuels public distrust. They allege that 278,000 noncitizens are registered to vote, but Henderson believes only 52 were questionable out of over 2 million registered voters in Utah.
The Trump administration has charged over 100 noncitizens with voting illegally. In Georgia, federal agents raided a local facility, seizing ballots and other election materials, causing alarm among residents and officials.
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