# Justice Department urges California counties to review voters’ citizenship before midterms

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-administration-demands-california-expose-suspected-noncitizen-voters-in-major-escalation-of-crackdown-on-eve-of-midterms/
- Published: 2026-10-24T04:36:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T05:02:32+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16234891/justice-dept-california-noncitizen-voters.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Elections, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- Federal officials gave California counties 48 hours to check suspected noncitizen registrations.
- The DOJ wants affected ballots set aside while eligibility is reviewed.
- California officials warn unreliable data could affect eligible voters.

## Summary

The Justice Department has ordered California counties to check the citizenship status of people it suspects may be registered noncitizens, escalating federal involvement in election administration days before the midterms. Officials are being asked to set aside affected mail ballots while checks are made, prompting concerns that eligible voters could be wrongly excluded.

The department gave counties 48 hours to investigate and requested Social Security numbers, identification records and registration documents, warning that non-cooperation could bring federal scrutiny. Its demands follow a lawsuit concerning more than 20,000 ballots; California officials say the federal information may be unreliable. Contra Costa County, which received a list of 407 names, said it would continue processing ballots normally.

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