Feds Move to Halt Ballot Counting over 20K Suspected Noncitizen Voters

The Trump administration is demanding an emergency court order to stop California from counting ballots tied to more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens, warning that once the votes are mixed in, there may be no way to undo it.

First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli and Attorney General Todd Blanche are leading the Justice Department’s push for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to force California to set aside the disputed mail-in ballots and verify voters’ citizenship before counting them.

“Every minute that goes by, American citizen votes are being diluted in the state of California,” Essayli said Thursday. “It’s an emergency, and we expect the courts to treat it as such.”

The DOJ says it identified more than 20,000 people who are registered to vote in California, received mail-in ballots and are considered highly likely to be noncitizens.

Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, and the government says some people have already been criminally charged over alleged illegal registration and voting. (Read more from “Feds Move to Halt Ballot Counting over 20K Suspected Noncitizen Voters” HERE)