{
  "id": 14779055,
  "title": "Justice Department sues California over noncitizens getting ballots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/justice-department-sues-california-over-noncitizens-getting-ballots",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T19:52:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-california-lawsuit-mail-ballots-noncitizens/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against California, accusing the state of allowing over 20,000 noncitizens to be registered to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter sent letters to counties, including Los Angeles, demanding that they review a list of suspected noncitizens allegedly found on mail-in ballots. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that state-facilitated voter fraud is unacceptable and violating laws that protect the nation's representative government. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Dean Logan, refused to review the materials on the thumb drive provided by McCotter, citing conflicts with data privacy and information security protocols. Secretary of State Shirley Weber dismissed the Justice Department's claims, saying the agency had not presented evidence of 190,000 noncitizens on California's voter rolls. The lawsuit argues that California failed to collaborate with the federal government to address the alleged issues with voter rolls. The Federal Government requested California's assistance in identifying any noncitizens registered to vote. The lawsuit seeks an injunction to halt the tabulation of mail-in ballots from noncitizens until their citizenship status is determined. The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has filed 31 lawsuits seeking unredacted copies of voter rolls from various states, with the intent of sharing data with the Department of Homeland Security to screen for noncitizens. The Justice Department has lost 26 of these cases and has not achieved a legal victory so far.",
  "summary": "The Justice Department sued California, alleging that the federal government has identified more than 20,000 noncitizens who are unlawfully registered to vote.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "DOJ sues California over alleged non-citizens on voter rolls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/doj-sues-california-over-alleged-non-citizens-on-voter-rolls",
        "published": "2026-10-15T16:07:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Trump administration sues California over alleged noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trump-administration-sues-california-over-alleged-noncitizens-on-the",
        "published": "2026-10-15T17:17:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "US justice department sues California over alleged noncitizen voting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/us-justice-department-sues-california-over-alleged-noncitizen-voting",
        "published": "2026-10-15T18:29:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Trump administration sues California to block counting of alleged noncitizen mail ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trump-administration-sues-california-to-block-counting-of-alleged",
        "published": "2026-10-15T19:54:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "DOJ sues California after pushing state to match voter list with USB drive",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/doj-sues-california-after-pushing-state-to-match-voter-list-with-usb",
        "published": "2026-10-15T20:56:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump administration sues California over noncitizens on voter rolls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/trump-administration-sues-california-over-noncitizens-on-voter-rolls",
        "published": "2026-10-15T21:44:59.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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