AP:
The Trump administration is escalating its fight with California ahead of next month’s midterm election, warning that local officials who process and tabulate ballots submitted by suspected noncitizen voters are putting themselves at risk of criminal investigation and potential… Continue reading
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What, all zero of them?
The key word is Suspected.
Yup. They’ll just make up “evidence” that soooooo many “illegals” voted and claim the election was rigged. It’s the republican way.
From suspected noncitizens. So no innocent until proven guilty here. If I allege that Gavin Newsom isn’t a citizen, processing his ballot becomes a federal felony? Meanwhile, NOT processing it is a state felony. Yay.
Given they have alleged tens of millions of fake votes, this is laughable. Also a violation of States’ Rights.
“If persons knowingly tabulate ballots cast by individuals identified by federal agencies as noncitizens, they risk becoming aiders and abettors to a federal crime.”
Problem:
Just because Trump’s feds identify someone as a non-citizen doesn’t actually mean they are a non-citizen:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/dhs-nevada-voter-non-citizens-error
“State election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizens.”
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-5940807/noncitizen-voters-trump-nevada-call
The US doesn’t have that authority. The federal law enforcement should be prevented by the states from making such arrests. They use county jails, they drive them out of state on state highways.
But newsom instead will meekly ask the courts to stop them. Because he’s a bitch. He was chosen because he’s a bitch, his tough sounding words every election season notwithstanding.
People need to stop attributing acts that help evil, from people in power, to stupidity or cowardice.
He’s not stupid, or weak.
He’s a betrayer.
He was hired by constituents — and then immediately started working for his benefactors and treating his constituents like impotent dopes.
He may claim the Democrat title and do lip service for minorities, but he quiet quits for poor voters and busts ass for wealthy donors, just like any other Democrat who isn’t DSA.
I mean if you don’t process them, you aren’t go to know if they are for a non-citizen or citizen. That’s what the process determines, right?
If they were knowingly processing fraudulent votes, then yes, of course. Processing ballots that are suspected by GOP members just because they might contain a majority of non-conservative votes is not a legal reason.
