Trump DOJ Sues California: Are 20,000 Illegal Ballots Being Counted?

What it claims

Claims

1. 1Can’t tell94% of respondents in the show's official poll believe there is widespread voter fraud in California.No source covers the show's own online poll, so the 94% figure cannot be checked. The surrounding polls (UC Berkeley IGS, a 2026 California poll) measure different questions and populations, and the claimant's own post is not evidence.2 sources →

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2. 2TrueThe Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Bill Isaley sent a letter and a thumb drive to Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters Dean Logan and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber alleging there are 20,000 illegal ballots in Los Angeles County.Multiple sources confirm that the DOJ sent Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan and Secretary of State Shirley Weber a letter with a password-protected thumb drive listing about 20,000 voters it says are likely noncitizens. The official is First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (the post's "Isaley" appears to be a transcription error), and the sources dispute the allegation's accuracy, so calling it "illegal ballots" describes the DOJ's allegation rather than a established fact.9 sources →

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3. 3Can’t tellIn a 2025 special election, a ballot was sent to a woman in Reseda who had died in 1994.The post says a woman in "Receta" was sent a ballot in the 2025 special election and died in 1994; the extracted claim names "Reseda" instead, which the passage never says, so the claim departs from the passage. None of the sources mention this woman, Receta, or Reseda, so the specific incident cannot be confirmed or refuted.5 sources →

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4. 4TrueCalifornia sends 20 million ballots out in the mail for each election.California counties mail a ballot to every active registered voter for each election, and the sources report about 23 million mail ballots sent for the 2026 primary and general elections, so the claim's direction and mechanism are supported. The claimed figure of 20 million understates the recorded 23.1 to 23.45 million, but it is not grossly off, and the dropped 'less than half are filled out' detail is not graded. As of 2026-10-17, the mailing had already occurred (deadline Oct 5).5 sources →

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5. 5MixedThe Trump administration filed a lawsuit asking a court to block Los Angeles County from counting approximately 20,000 ballots until the voters' citizenship status is proven.The core claim holds: the Justice Department sued on October 15, 2026, asking a court to stop counting about 20,000 flagged voters' ballots until citizenship is verified. The claim's framing as an action against Los Angeles County is only partly accurate, because the suit targets California and the list covers voters statewide, with many in LA County. The claim was true on its 2026-10-17 date; later rulings against the administration don't change that.5 sources →

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6. 6TrueCalifornia DMV issues driver's licenses to illegal aliens.The California DMV's own handbook states it offers driver's licenses to all residents regardless of immigration status, and a 2026 Reuters report says 19 states plus DC license undocumented immigrants, a group that includes California per other sources. The claim is accurate as of 2026-10-17, and the extracted wording is faithful to the post. The loaded term 'illegal aliens' is the post's framing, not a factual dispute about the licensing.5 sources →

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7. 7TrueCalifornia allows automatic voter registration when obtaining a driver's license.California's Motor Voter program automatically registers eligible DMV driver's license applicants to vote unless they opt out, as confirmed by the Secretary of State's 2026 pages and guidance. The claim's literal wording is accurate as of 2026-10-17; the post's phrasing 'the DMV automatically registers you' is a faithful paraphrase, and the program's eligibility limits (citizens, residents, not incarcerated for felony) are not a contradiction of the core assertion.6 sources →

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8. 8TrueThe Trump administration sent a thumb drive to Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's office containing a list of likely non-citizen registered voters and a sticky note with a password.Multiple tier1 sources confirm the Justice Department sent Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's office a password-protected thumb drive with a list of about 20,000 people it believes are likely noncitizens, plus a handwritten note with the password (described by the secretary of state's office as a sticky note). The claim drops the post's hedge "what they claim is," but the sources treat the list as the administration's allegation, so this does not change the verdict. A later October 29 federal court ruling against the administration does not affect the October 17 assessment.6 sources →

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9. 9TrueLos Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan refused to open the thumb drive provided by the DOJ due to security concerns.Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan's own October 14 statement, carried by AP, The Hill, CBS and PBS, says his office did not open the thumb drive because doing so would conflict with data privacy and information security protocols, and that the device was not a secure medium. The claim matches the post's statement about security concerns, and the refusal was in place as of the 2026-10-17 posting date; later coverage (NPR, Oct 20; Logan's Oct 21 statement on preliminary review) shows the County later reviewed records, which does not change the October 17 state of affairs.6 sources →

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10. 10OpinionDean Logan is a questionable registrar with a shady history.A judgement, not a statement of fact. It has no true or false answer.

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11. 11TrueDean Logan previously worked as a registrar in Washington state.The claim that Dean Logan previously worked as a registrar in Washington state is supported by multiple sources: an official EAC bio says he served as Washington State Elections Director and as elected Kitsap County Clerk, and as Director of Records, Elections and Licensing in King County, Washington, before coming to Los Angeles County. The post's characterization of a 'checkered history' is opinion and not graded here, and the extracted claim's narrower 'registrar' label is a defensible reading of his Washington election-administration roles.5 sources →

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12. 12TrueDean Logan's office was responsible for counting the petitions to recall George Gascon.Multiple sources confirm that Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan's office examined and verified the 715,833 signatures submitted to recall District Attorney George Gascón, finding 520,050 valid, short of the 566,857 required. The post's 'counting' corresponds to this signature verification, and the claim does not depart from the passage; its 'whole mess' remark is opinion and is not graded.5 sources →

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13. 13TrueDean Logan's office was tasked with counting the petitions to recall George Gascon amid crooked consultants.Sources confirm that Dean Logan's Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder office examined and verified the roughly 715,833 signatures submitted to recall DA George Gascón, and later flagged fraud-like irregularities such as dead signers. No source mentions consultants, so the 'crooked consultants' element is unaddressed rather than contradicted; the claim departs from the passage only in its paraphrase, which the post itself supports. The check is about 2022 events, and the 2022 recall failed, a later development that does not affect the claim as of 2026-10-17.7 sources →

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14. 14TrueCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed 100 lawsuits against the federal government.Multiple sources (CalMatters, LAist, KQED, Center Square, and the AG's own press release) report that Bonta filed the state's 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration on Oct 15, 2026, and the post's own remark about his 'one hundredth lawsuit against this federal government' matches. The claim's wording 'against the federal government' is a faithful paraphrase of the post, and the sources confirm the 100-lawsuit count.8 sources →

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15. 15TrueThe Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against California claiming there are 20,000 non-citizens on the state's voter rolls.The Justice Department sued California on October 15, 2026, and its complaint claims that more than 20,000 likely noncitizens are registered to vote in the state. The claim describes what the lawsuit alleged, not whether the allegation is true, and California officials dispute it.8 sources →

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16. 16TrueThe federal government filed a lawsuit against California regarding voter rolls during the ongoing election.The federal government (the Trump Justice Department) filed a lawsuit against California election officials on October 15, 2026, over the state's refusal to set aside mail ballots from about 20,000 people flagged as likely noncitizens on voter rolls. That was before the October 17 posting date, and the claim's 'ongoing election' framing matches the reporting on the November 3 midterms, so the claim is true as of its date.9 sources →

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17. 17MixedThe federal government previously claimed 14,000 individuals on Nevada's voter rolls were ineligible to vote.The federal government did claim roughly 14,000 or more Nevada voters might be ineligible, but the sources describe it as potential or possible noncitizens ('may be as many as'), not a finding of ineligibility. DHS first put the figure at 15,903, and later referred to more than 14,000 voters needing additional review, so the claimed 14,000 figure is partly supported and partly overstated. The claim also drops the poster's hedge ('believe', 'likely'), so the verdict is graded on the figure and the word 'ineligible'.8 sources →

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18. 18MixedThe federal government failed to demonstrate that any of the 14,000 individuals they claimed were ineligible to vote in Nevada were actually ineligible.The core assertion is largely supported: as of late September and October 2026, reporting says the state reviewed the 185 flagged names and found all were citizens, and no source shows the federal government demonstrating any ineligibility. But the claim's 14,000 figure conflicts with the sources, which put the federal claim at about 15,900 to 16,000, and about 6,200 names remained unreviewed and disputed by DHS, so 'any of the 14,000' is not fully addressed. The claim is also a faithful paraphrase of the post's wording.7 sources →

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19. 19TrueThe federal government told the California Secretary of State in July that 190,000 people were likely ineligible to vote.Multiple sources, including a California Secretary of State statement, the LA Times, and Courthouse News, confirm that the federal Homeland Security Department told California's Secretary of State in July that about 190,000 noncitizen voters were on the rolls. The sources describe this as 'may have' or 'potentially' ineligible rather than 'likely' ineligible, and the figure was later lowered to about 20,000; fact-checkers and the state call the underlying figure unsubstantiated, but that does not make the July communication itself false.5 sources →

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20. 20TrueThe federal government sent a letter to California stating that 20,000 people on the voter rolls were likely ineligible to vote.The federal government's October 13, 2026 letters to California officials, reported by the DOJ, Reuters, AP and others, stated that about 20,000 registered voters were 'likely' noncitizens and therefore ineligible to vote, which matches the claim. The letters went to the Secretary of State and Los Angeles County's registrar rather than the state as a whole, and the post's 'a couple days ago' fits that date, so the claim holds as of 2026-10-17; later coverage shows the state disputed the list and a court halted the DOJ's bid to block the ballots, but that does not change the claim's accuracy on that date.6 sources →

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21. 21TrueCalifornia has approximately 23 million registered voters.California's Secretary of State reported 23,164,977 registered voters as of September 4, 2026, which matches the claim's figure of approximately 23 million. Other sources from around the claim's date also cite about 23 million, so the claim holds as of 2026-10-20 and the extraction matches the passage.7 sources →

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22. 22TrueThe federal government matched U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement information with voter information to identify the 20,000 allegedly ineligible voters.The federal government did match federal immigration data against California voter-roll information to flag about 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants, as the DOJ, CNN, Axios and The Hill all report. The post names the wrong agency (the matching involved USCIS and Homeland Security Investigations, not ICE by name), and the sources dispute how accurate the list is, but they do not dispute that the matching occurred.5 sources →

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23. 23Can’t tellThe Benny Show has 9,235 subscribers.The claim departs from the passage: the post was by The John Phillips Show and said "We are at 9235 subscribers" about its own show, not The Benny Show, so the claim was not made in the post. The sources give no subscriber count of 9,235 for The Benny Show; they show much larger figures (for example, Benny Johnson's YouTube at 6.1M subscribers and a Telegram channel at 62K) and no source addresses the post's own show.5 sources →

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24. 24Can’t tellThe Tijuana River Podcast premieres on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.The post says 'next Wednesday' the Tijuana River Podcast premieres. Posted on Saturday 2026-10-17, that resolves to Wednesday 2026-10-21, so the claim's date is the post's own. No source covers the premiere of this podcast: the 'Accountability' episode of 21 Oct and the River Radius Podcast are different shows, so the claim is neither confirmed nor refuted.12 sources →

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25. 25Can’t tellA live broadcast will be held at Johnny Foley's Irish Pub in Union Square on October 30, 2026.No source covers the planned October 30, 2026 live broadcast at Johnny Foley's, so the claim cannot be confirmed or refuted as of 2026-10-17. Sources show the venue at 243 O'Farrell St in Union Square and a 2026 residency there, but none mention the broadcast itself, and the extraction faithfully matches the post's wording.5 sources →

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26. 26TrueBonnie Raitt is performing at the Hollywood Pantages Theater on October 21, 2026.Multiple event listings and a promoter page show Bonnie Raitt scheduled at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on October 21, 2026, as part of a two-night stand (October 20 and 21), so the claim holds as of the 2026-10-17 posting date. The sources are mostly unrated listing sites, and the promoter page is the only one that describes the run in detail; the tier1 sources in the set do not address this event.5 sources →

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27. 27MixedThe federal government sent a thumb drive to the California Secretary of State alleging that 20,000 people registered to vote in California are not citizens.The federal government's allegation that about 20,000 registered California voters are likely noncitizens is well documented across sources. However, the claim that the thumb drive was sent to the Secretary of State is contradicted by the SOS's own statement and by reporting that the drive was delivered to Los Angeles County's registrar, though the DOJ letter was addressed to Secretary Weber. The post itself only says the drive was sent to 'the state', so the claim's narrower SOS recipient is an extraction addition, and the sources conflict on who actually received it.9 sources →

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28. 28Can’t tellCalifornia Attorney General Babathi Banta is prohibited by a court order from cross-checking state voter rolls against federal databases to demand the removal of ineligible voters.The claim departs from the passage: the post says the federal government ('they') has been ordered by a court not to cross-check state voter rolls against its database, not that California Attorney General Babathi Banta is barred from doing so. The sources describe court orders restricting the federal government and a CHIRLA data-use order, and none shows a court order prohibiting the California AG from cross-checking rolls, so the claim cannot be graded.6 sources →

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29. 29TrueFederal law prohibits removing people from voter rolls within 90 days of an election.The National Voter Registration Act's 90-day quiet period bars states from completing systematic removals of ineligible voters within 90 days before a federal election, as stated by DOJ guidance, AP and PolitiFact. The claim's wording omits the 'systematic' qualifier and individualized exceptions (e.g., removals at voter request, death, felony), which is a faithful paraphrase rather than a contradiction; the claim is about a 90-day federal restriction and the sources confirm it.7 sources →

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30. 30TrueShirley Weber is the Secretary of State for California.The California Secretary of State's official website states that Shirley N. Weber was sworn in as Secretary of State on January 29, 2021, and other sources published before and around 2026-10-17 identify her as the current officeholder. The claim matches the passage's reference to 'the same Secretary of State, Shirley Weber' and was accurate on the date it was made.7 sources →

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31. 31PredictionBob Bonta will run for Secretary of State next, after his term as Attorney General ends.Can't be checked yet.

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32. 32TrueThe federal government previously claimed there were 190,000 ineligible voters in California before reducing the figure to 20,000.Multiple sources, including an ABC7 explainer and The Business Standard, report that federal officials earlier flagged as many as 190,000 potentially ineligible California voters and later narrowed the figure to about 20,000, matching the claim. The sources do not explain the reduction in detail, but the claim itself does not assert an explanation, so the core assertion holds; the claim faithfully tracks the passage.5 sources →

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33. 33MixedThe federal government claimed there were 16,000 ineligible voters in Nevada, but the final count was zero.The record supports that DHS first claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens on Nevada's rolls and that Nevada found all 185 names DHS later identified were citizens, so the 'zero' reading has real support. However, DHS said it still had more than 14,000 Nevada voters needing additional review, so no source documents a final count of zero.6 sources →

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34. 34TrueThe federal government filed a lawsuit alleging that 20,000 people in California have ballots who should not have them.The federal government (DOJ, working with DHS) did file a lawsuit on October 15, 2026, alleging that more than 20,000 registered California voters who are likely noncitizens have ballots they should not have. The claim faithfully reflects the post and the lawsuit was filed before the October 17 posting date; the allegation itself is contested, and a federal judge later declined to block counting, but that does not affect whether the lawsuit was filed with this allegation.6 sources →

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35. 35TrueCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta was appointed to his position by Governor Gavin Newsom to fill a vacancy.Multiple reliable sources state that Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Rob Bonta as California attorney general to fill the vacancy left by Xavier Becerra's departure for HHS secretary. The claim is supported; the sources also show Bonta was confirmed by the legislature, which the claim does not dispute, and the post's wording matches the claim.5 sources →

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36. 36TrueRob Bonta served as a member of the California state legislature before his appointment as Attorney General.Multiple sources, including the official California DOJ page, Reuters, the Governor's office release, and Wikipedia-style records, establish that Rob Bonta served in the California State Assembly (2012–2021) before being appointed Attorney General in 2021. The extracted claim is a faithful paraphrase of the post's point that Bonta was a termed-out legislator before Newsom's appointment, and the post's own framing matches the sources' record of his legislative service; the post's rhetoric about his career prospects is not part of the claim graded here.6 sources →

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37. 37TrueRob Bonta appeared on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto to discuss a proposed wealth tax.Multiple sources, including a Fox Business article and a Fox transcript from August 2020, show Rob Bonta, then a California assemblyman, was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Fox Business about his proposed wealth tax (AB 2088). The post's 'Bob Bonta' is the same person, and the claim's core assertion holds; the post's 'laughed off the TV' remark is not part of the extracted claim and was not graded.3 sources →

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38. 38TrueGavin Newsom appointed Shirley Weber as Secretary of State.Multiple independent sources (AP, Politico, LA Times, Governor's office, CA Secretary of State) confirm Gavin Newsom selected Shirley Weber in December 2020 to be California's Secretary of State, to replace Alex Padilla after Padilla's Senate appointment; she was formally sworn in January 29, 2021. The claim's wording matches the passage's 'he gave Shirley Weber the Secretary of State's job' without adding anything, and the appointment was a nomination subject to legislative confirmation, which the sources report as completed.6 sources →

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39. 39TrueGavin Newsom appointed Alex Padilla to a U.S. Senate seat.Multiple reliable sources confirm that Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Alex Padilla to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Kamala Harris, announced December 22, 2020 and formally submitted January 18, 2021. The passage's 'he' refers to Newsom, so the extraction is faithful, though the sources do not address the post's claim that the appointment was a political payoff.4 sources →

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40. 40TrueXavier Becerra was appointed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, creating a vacancy in the California Attorney General office.Multiple sources confirm that Xavier Becerra, California's Attorney General, was picked by Biden for HHS Secretary and confirmed by the Senate on March 18, 2021, and that his departure created a vacancy in the California Attorney General's office. The post garbles the name as "Bakaria" and says "Health and Education Services"; the claim's resolution to Becerra and "Health and Human Services" is a reasonable reading of the post's context and is graded as the post's own.6 sources →

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41. 41TrueRob Bonta accepts campaign contributions from Indian tribes.Multiple sources, including Politico (Oct 2025), CalMatters Digital Democracy (June 2026), and a CalMatters/Digital Democracy record, document that Attorney General Rob Bonta has accepted substantial campaign contributions from Indian tribes, e.g., $531,000 from tribes since 2012 and over $317,000 for his 2022 campaign, and his campaign defended accepting them. The claim's phrasing ('accepts so much money') is a casual characterization of this documented record and matches the passage's assertion; the 'top five issue' remark is not part of the extracted claim.5 sources →

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42. 42MixedRob Bonta accepted campaign contributions from Netflix.The sources support that money from Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings' wife, Patty Quillin, flowed to Bonta-aligned campaign vehicles, including over $1 million to Smart Justice California. They do not show Netflix the company giving money, and the donor was an individual linked to Netflix, so the claim's literal donor is not confirmed. The claim is about the state of affairs as of 2026-10-17, and no source reports a later change.6 sources →

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43. 43MixedRob Bonta took legal action to block a merger in Hollywood involving Netflix.The core assertion holds: multiple sources report that California AG Rob Bonta led a 12-state lawsuit to block the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger, a Hollywood deal. The 'involving Netflix' element is contradicted as worded: Netflix was not a party to that merger, and Sources 1 and 3 say WBD withdrew from its Netflix agreement and Netflix bowed out of the bidding, though Source 7 (an opinion piece) argues Netflix benefits from the block. The post itself frames Netflix as the beneficiary, not a party, so the claim's literal reading departs from the sources.8 sources →

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44. 44TrueRob Bonta is a candidate for reelection in 2026.Multiple sources confirm that Rob Bonta was a candidate for reelection as California Attorney General in the November 2026 election, facing Republican Michael Gates, as of the October 17, 2026 posting date. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post's 'this guy is up for reelection' and resolves 'this guy' to Bonta from the post's own references to Bob Bonta.4 sources →

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45. 45TrueThe Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against California regarding the counting of 20,000 illegal ballots.The Justice Department sued California and Los Angeles County on October 15, 2026, to stop the state from counting about 20,000 mail-in ballots tied to people it says are likely noncitizens, so the core claim holds as of the October 17 post date. The word "illegal" reflects the DOJ's allegation, which California disputes and no court has adjudicated, and the claim departs from the post only in that it states the ballots as illegal fact.7 sources →

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