California election offices confirm DOJ grand jury subpoenas
Original title: California officials confirm grand jury subpoenas as states, civil groups brace to protect elections from federal encroachment
Los Angeles County received multiple subpoenas last week; voting-rights groups sued Friday to block the federal effort.
Los Angeles County told CyberScoop it received multiple grand jury subpoenas last week in a Justice Department inquiry into alleged illegal voting, ahead of the final voting day on November 3. Officials called the subpoenas an attempt to assert federal control over state voter rolls. The department claims at least 20,000 potential noncitizens on California lists; Homeland Security told CyberScoop the figure could reach 190,000. Separately, Hennepin County charged James O’Keefe and Cam Higby with unlawful voting and identity theft.
Unconfirmed: The Justice Department’s noncitizen counts are disputed by officials, experts and courts as unreliable.
- Secretary of State Shirley Weber was reportedly a target and did not comment.
- Courts have upheld state authority to administer elections, the article says.
- Shasta registrar Clint Curtis endorsed removing 20,000 voters from the rolls.
- Michigan’s ACLU said it gamed out 25 election-disruption scenarios.
- A Friday lawsuit asks a court to declare the federal effort unconstitutional.
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Los Angeles County officials told CyberScoop they received multiple grand jury subpoenas investigating alleged election fraud. States and civil groups call it a federal power play. The post California officials confirm grand jury subpoenas as states, civil groups brace to protect elections from federal encroachment appeared first on CyberScoop.
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