Trump admin demands Washington set aside 400 ballots it says are from noncitizens
The Justice Department called on election officials in Washington state to requester some 400 ballots it says may belong to noncitizen voters.
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The Justice Department called on election officials in Washington state to requester some 400 ballots it says may belong to noncitizen voters.
Federal prosecutors said they sent a letter to the Washington secretary of state with a list of 400 people they claimed are not U.S. citizens.
The move is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to involve itself in ballot counting and certification that’s handled by state officials.
SEATTLE (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it alleges registered to vote without U.S. citizenship, less than two weeks after making a similar demand in California.
The effort is the latest by the administration to identify noncitizen voters, even though noncitizen voting is exceptionally rare.
The letters are the latest escalation in a legal battle between California and President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, which has recently focused on the state in its efforts to root out noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.
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