California has approximately 23 million registered voters.
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The John Phillips ShowOct 17, 2026
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.
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… no basis, no legal merit to it, and that it will fail and in court, and we feel very confident going to court and responding through our court papers to their lawsuit that they brought today. So they and, well, noting that this isn't a widespread issue, and California has 23 million voters, they're mentioning 20,000, and in the lawsuit it does say how they came to this conclusion. They essentially took the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement information and matched that with the information of these voters. …
The John Phillips Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The California Secretary of State's September 4, 2026 Report of Registration, released through LassenNews, states a record 23,164,977 eligible Californians are registered to vote.[3]
Supports. AP-sourced reporting from October 2026 says election officials are counting ballots from the state's 23 million registered voters, and a HuffPost report says all approximately 23 million registered voters receive a mail ballot.[2][4]
Supports. An Independent Voter Project estimate of 23,222,034 and a Fox LA figure of about 23.4 million active registered voters are both consistent with roughly 23 million.[5][6]
Context. The Orange County registrar's data and the county map are county-level figures and do not contradict the statewide total.[1][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1County Elections Map - California Secretary of State - CA.govsos.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Trump Administration Appeals To Supreme Court In Push To Sideline 20,000 California Mail Ballotshuffpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3California Secretary of State releases Sept. 4 Report of Registration - Lassen Newslassennews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4California election officials frustrated, rattled by DOJ ...wjbf.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Registered Voters by State 2026 - World Population Reviewworldpopulationreview.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Election Day 2026: California governor, LA mayor candidates make final pushfoxla.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Data Central - Registration - Orange County Registrar of Votersocvote.org · not rated · cited for: context
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The Rubin Report · “Rob Bonta, California's Democratic attorney general, said Monday that there is no widespread voter fraud in California and that, while one-off examples are possible, those instances are a drop in the bucket considering the state has 23 million registered voters.”Post →- The John Phillips Show · Post →
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