DOJ subpoenas Los Angeles County election workers in voter-roll investigation
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The U.S. Justice Department has issued grand jury subpoenas to Los Angeles County election workers as the Trump administration intensifies its scrutiny of California’s voter rolls and handling of ballots linked to people federal officials describe as likely noncitizens.
Copies obtained by The Associated Press show three subpoenas, dated Oct. 21 and Oct. 24, directing employees of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder to appear in court Nov. 4. They seek records and communications concerning federal letters alleging that noncitizens are registered to vote, as well as information about methods used to detect unlawful voting and prevent noncitizen ballots from being counted.
A letter accompanying one subpoena said it was connected to a criminal investigation by Homeland Security Investigations but did not provide details. Receiving a subpoena does not necessarily mean an employee is a target of the investigation.
The subpoenas come during a court dispute over the administration’s effort to require California officials to set aside as many as 20,000 ballots while voters’ citizenship is checked. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter rejected that request, citing concerns about the reliability of the federal list and the risk of disenfranchising eligible voters. The Justice Department is appealing.
Carter later appointed Daniel B. Garrie as a special master to develop the factual record.
Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan criticized the department’s approach and said threats and intimidation have no place in elections.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Delete the unsupported description of the special master’s specific responsibilities because the source says the exact scope was not specified. - "including reviewing the federal list and California’s assertion that separating ballots before the Dec. 3 certification deadline would be logistically difficult": The source says the judge did not specify the special master’s exact scope; these were matters the judge said he wanted vetted or that a special master could investigate, not confirmed assigned duties.
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DOJ subpoenas Los Angeles County election workers in voter-roll investigation
The U.S. Justice Department has issued grand jury subpoenas to Los Angeles County election workers as the Trump administration intensifies its scrutiny of California’s voter rolls and handling of ballots linked to people federal officials describe as likely noncitizens.
Copies obtained by The Associated Press show three subpoenas, dated Oct. 21 and Oct. 24, directing employees of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder to appear in court Nov. 4. They seek records and communications concerning federal letters alleging that noncitizens are registered to vote, as well as information about methods used to detect unlawful voting and prevent noncitizen ballots from being counted.
A letter accompanying one subpoena said it was connected to a criminal investigation by Homeland Security Investigations but did not provide details. Receiving a subpoena does not necessarily mean an employee is a target of the investigation.
The subpoenas come during a court dispute over the administration’s effort to require California officials to set aside as many as 20,000 ballots while voters’ citizenship is checked. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter rejected that request, citing concerns about the reliability of the federal list and the risk of disenfranchising eligible voters. The Justice Department is appealing.
Carter later appointed Daniel B. Garrie as a special master to develop the factual record, including reviewing the federal list and California’s assertion that separating ballots before the Dec. 3 certification deadline would be logistically difficult.record.
Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan criticized the department’s approach and said threats and intimidation have no place in elections.
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