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Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens
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The Trump administration is asking Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without U.S. citizenship. The Justice Department says the people have voted 1,500 times.
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The Trump administration is asking Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without U.S. citizenship. The Justice Department says the people have voted 1,500 times.
The heads of two U.S. attorney's offices for the state asked that Washington election officials segregate the ballots of those who appear to be voting illegally.
Washington's secretary of state says timing of Monday’s DOJ press conference is “no doubt intended to cast unfounded suspicion on the results ... Cases of voter fraud, including noncitizen voting, are incredibly rare."
The top federal prosecutor in Seattle claimed on Monday that more than 400 noncitizens have been voting in Washington, as the Trump administration’s crusade against alleged voter fraud intensifies in the Evergreen State.
This is the latest sign of the administration’s attempts to challenge states with competitive midterm races that could determine control of Congress The Trump administration on Monday asked Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it alleges are registered to vote…
Federal officials on Monday called on Washington state’s election officials to set aside ballots from over 400 people they say have illegally registered to vote without U.S. citizenship. The Justice Department (DOJ), in a letter to Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, said it has identified 1,…
The right to vote is the bedrock of self-governance. Not a privilege handed down by bureaucrats. Not a participation trophy. It’s the singular tool that...
The Justice Department has asked Washington state not to count any mail ballots received from more than 400 residents who it says may not be U.S. citizens, opening a new front in the Trump administration’s push to expand control of election administration ahead of the November 3 midterms.
The Justice Department asked Washington officials to verify 405 suspected noncitizen voters and potentially set aside their ballots, prompting concerns over data accuracy and voter disenfranchisement.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked Washington state officials to set aside more than 400 ballots cast by suspected noncitizens to confirm their eligibility, roughly a week before the midterm elections.
