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DOJ asks Washington state to set aside ballots from 400 suspected noncitizen voters

Justice Department letter mirrors a similar, contested demand against California as Trump officials push a nationwide noncitizen-voter dragnet ahead of the midterms.

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What to know

  • DOJ wants Washington to set aside ballots from over 400 people, covering 1,500 past votes, out of more than 5 million registered voters in the state.
  • The request mirrors a similar, legally contested demand against California affecting up to 20,000 voters, which a federal appeals panel questioned on constitutional grounds.
  • Prior noncitizen-voter claims by the administration have repeatedly been found to be far smaller than alleged, including zero confirmed cases in Nevada and eight (not 207) in Maricopa County, Arizona.
  • Washington's Secretary of State says the state will only comply with due-process-compliant requests, citing concern about harassment seen in California.

“We take our responsibility to protect voter information seriously and will only respond to requests that follow due process.”

Steve Hobbs, Washington Secretary of State · Associated Press ↗ · Oct 25

Donald TrumpDonald Trump PresidentNeil Floyd Acting U.S. AttorneySteve Hobbs Washington Secretary of StateMonica Flores LA County Assistant Registrar-RecorderU.S. Department of Justice Federal agency pursuing the demands

DOJ asks Washington state to set aside ballots from 400 suspected noncitizen voters
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    Secretary Hobbs says state will only respond with due process

    Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said his office is reviewing the demand, noted roughly 60 prior DOJ subpoenas for voter information since last month, and cited concern about harassment seen in California.

    “We see what's happening in California and don't want Washingtonians to be harassed.”
    — Steve Hobbs

    • 🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration asked Washington to set aside ballots from around 400 registered voters it claims may be noncitizens. The alarming request comes amid the DOJ's legal effort to compel California to do the same to 20k voters.

      @DemocracyDocketX12d ago180▲view on X ↗
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    • heidilifeldman@mastodon.social

      Trump DoJ amping up election interference. https://www. democracydocket.com/news-alert s/doj-demands-washington-set-aside-ballots-from-alleged-noncitizens-on-state-roll/

      heidilifeldman@mastodon.socialMastodon12d ago10▲view on Mastodon ↗

    • apnews.com/article/wash... Caught: The Executive gets more practice…

      andrewlevesque.bsky.socialBluesky12d ago10▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    DOJ demands Washington state set aside 400 voters' ballots

    The Justice Department sent Washington's Secretary of State's Office a letter identifying more than 400 people it says may have registered without citizenship, accounting for 1,500 votes cast in prior elections, and asked that any ballots they cast in the midterm be set aside pending verification.

    “We are asking the state to set aside those ballots until we can confirm they are legal voters.”
    — Neil Floyd, Acting U.S. Attorney

    1. 20 outlets first by PBS NewsHour, 12d ago · also Guardian, Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, Yahoo, The Hill, ABC News +13 · read ↗

    2. 5 outlets Federal prosecutors ask Washington state to block 400 ballots of suspected noncitizens

      first by Washington Times, 12d ago · also Baltimore Sun, ZeroHedge, Fox News, Hindustan Times

      4 more headlines
    3 more claims →
  3. background

    Past noncitizen-voter claims have collapsed under investigation — Coverage notes that in Nevada the administration alleged 1,500 potential noncitizen voters but investigation found zero, and in Arizona's Maricopa County a Trump-supporting recorder's claim of 207 possible noncitizens was reduced to eight by the Republican county attorney.

  4. background

    LA County review finds errors in DOJ's suspect list — A Los Angeles County assistant registrar said staff sampled 200 records from the Trump administration's list and found canceled or inactive registrations, people with no voting history, and voters who appeared to have been born in the U.S.

  5. background

    Appellate judges question DOJ's California ballot demand — During rare Sunday arguments, a federal appeals panel questioned the timing, constitutionality and authority of the Justice Department's demand that California sequester mail ballots from up to 20,000 suspected noncitizens.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 5 outlets US Justice Dept asks Washington state not to count ballots from possible noncitizens

    first by Yahoo, 11d ago · also Channel News Asia, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, Straits Times

  2. 2 outlets Federal data shows 400 non-citizens registered to vote in Washington, DOJ claims

    first by KOMO, 13d ago · also US Department of Justice

    1 more headline

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