The federal government assembled a list of 20,000 people in California who were given ballots to vote in the 2026 midterms, but apparently are not citizens.
Then the request was for the state to segregate those ballots and not count them until those individuals’ rights to vote were documented.
Officials absolutely refused.
And now they’re getting grand jury subpoenas.
A report from CBS notes the Department of Justice has delivered those documents to a variety of state and local officials in California, pushing the dispute over those apparently ineligible voters to the next level.
The documents were dispatched just days ago, right after David Carter, a judge in Los Angeles refused to go along with what is an election security plan.
He said the state would be following its own agenda in the election.
CBS reported it saw several of the subpoenas and they were directed to officials at the office of the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, and seek documents concerning the county’s correspondence with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter regarding votes cast by noncitizens.
And the federal government wants to know about how California officials are screening for votes by aliens, which are illegal.
Dean Logan, of the Los Angeles office, cited the judge’s agenda that “threats” must stop.
“Judge Carter’s admonishment about threats directed at election officials on Tuesday was well placed and appreciated. At every step, the U.S. Department of Justice has taken a confrontational, adversarial approach. Election officials are acting in accordance with state and federal law,” he told CBS.
“We will take whatever steps necessary to ensure the safety of our employees and to remain focused on serving the voters of Los Angeles County so they can exercise their voting franchise.”
The DOJ explained it is taking steps following the lower court’s ruling, in that “voting unlawfully results in criminal exposure.”
Bloomberg Law explained the subpoenas “come as DOJ leaders have suggested California officials may be liable for aiding and abetting criminal activity if they don’t comply with the department’s order to review mail-in ballots that DOJ suspects were cast by noncitizens.”
“Consistent with this, California also wrote in its filing that the remedy for unlawful voting is through criminal prosecution. Thus, while DOJ maintains that a civil remedy is still available, all agree that noncitizen voting is properly addressed through criminal law,” the DOJ responded.
So far, three Los Angeles County employees have been directed to appear before a grand jury just hours after the polls close on Nov. 3, the Gateway Pundit reported.
The DOJ already has charged 28 people in California with connection with registering to vote, or voting, illegally.
California has a universal mail ballot system which sends ballots sometimes to those who are ineligible. They are on the list because of the state’s automatic voter registration schemes.
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[ H/T WorldNetDaily ]
