The DOJ is harassing California officials who are protecting the right to vote

The Justice Department has sued California after the state failed to review, within 48 hours, a list of 20,000 registered voters the federal government calls "likely noncitizens." The administration wants a judge to bar the state from counting those voters' mail ballots until their status is verified, just as midterm ballots are being mailed. California's Secretary of State replied that the demand rests on information and methods that cannot be verified, according to MS NOW.

Writing in an MS NOW opinion column, Ben Hovland, a former chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, calls the demand absurd and says list upkeep is already governed by legal procedures that take time. He describes a familiar pattern: a dramatic fraud figure draws headlines, then collapses under scrutiny. His example is the Department of Homeland Security's claim of nearly 16,000 noncitizens on Nevada's rolls, which became 185 names that an investigation showed were all citizens. He also expects the administration to cite this narrative in more litigation if voters punish it in November.

Summarized by PolitiKool from MS NOW’s reporting. Read the full story at MS NOW →