DOJ charges 28 in California voting cases as dispute over voter rolls escalates
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES
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15 Oct, 00:20 UTC
Justice Department gives California 48 hours to review suspected noncitizen voters
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15 Oct, 18:16 UTC
Justice Department sues California over ballots sent to alleged noncitizens
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16 Oct, 00:10 UTC
Justice Department sues California over alleged noncitizens on voter rolls
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16 Oct, 22:21 UTC
Justice Department sues California over ballots from voters it flags as possible noncitizens
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17 Oct, 00:11 UTC
Justice Department sues California over ballots tied to alleged noncitizens
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19 Oct, 18:22 UTC
Justice Department escalates California voter-roll dispute with lawsuit and arrests
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20 Oct, 00:17 UTC
DOJ charges 28 in California voting cases as dispute over voter rolls escalates
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Donald Trump · 8 outlets
- Los Angeles · 7 outlets
- Gavin Newsom · 5 outlets
- Election Day · 5 outlets
- 23 million registered voters · 4 outlets
- 20,000 people it · 4 outlets
- 20,000 suspected noncitizens · 3 outlets
Entered the story later
- 40% names · from 31 Oct 19:25, 4 outlets
- 18 counties across · from 24 Oct 02:00, 2 outlets
- 1,133 people inland · from 24 Oct 02:00, 2 outlets
- 330,000 mail-in ballots · from 24 Oct 02:00, 2 outlets
- 28 people list · from 24 Oct 02:00, 2 outlets
- 20,000 charged illegally · from 24 Oct 02:00, 2 outlets
- David Carter · from 28 Oct 03:49, 2 outlets
Figures reported with different numbers
- registered voters: 227 million (2 from 14 Oct 16:52) → 23 million (4 from 15 Oct 17:06) → 5 million (1 from 28 Oct 03:49)
- noncitizens registered: 190,000 (1 from 14 Oct 13:25) → 250,000 (1 from 14 Oct 16:52) → 20,000 (1 from 16 Oct 04:45)
- people registered: 174 million (1 from 14 Oct 16:50) → 23 million (2 from 16 Oct 23:11)
- registered voters: 20,000 (1 from 28 Oct 03:49) → 185 (1 from 29 Oct 00:46) → 190,000 (1 from 29 Oct 00:46)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.