UCLA researchers found 8,880 names on Justice Department list absent from California voter file
An outside analysis found that 8,880 of 20,930 names (42%) on a Justice Department list of alleged noncitizen voters in California do not match the state's current voter file. Two UCLA Voting Rights Project members detailed findings in a Saturday filing by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, which is challenging the list. At least 22 listed people are U.S. citizens.
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California's voter file has no match for more than 40% of the names the Justice Department flagged as possible noncitizen voters. The findings were described in a Saturday legal filing by the immigrant rights group Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, which is challenging the list in a lawsuit with two members of UCLA's Voting Rights Project.
The two UCLA data scientists examined all 20,930 names. They found that 8,880, or 42%, do not correspond to anyone on California's current voter file. At least 22 names appear to be those of U.S. citizens, and many more may match confirmed citizens.
The department demanded that California officials separate ballots associated with the names during the Election Day count. Multiple judges have rejected that demand as unconstitutional.
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ABC News reports that 8,880 names—42% of the DOJ list—do not match California’s current voter file, and the Chicago Tribune reports the same finding. Both were published on October 31, consistent with the proposed event’s timing.