Acting US Attorney Neil Floyd and Eastern District of Washington US Attorney Pete Serrano called on state election officials to segregate ballots cast by more than 400 people suspected of being illegally registered to vote.

What we found

Supports. The DOJ's own press release states that the leaders of the two U.S. Attorney's Offices for Washington State called on state election officials to segregate ballots cast by more than 400 people who appear to be illegally registered to vote, matching the claim's wording almost exactly.[3]

Supports. Reuters reports that the top federal prosecutors in Seattle and Spokane asked Secretary of State Steve Hobbs to determine whether the more than 400 people were citizens and to not count their ballots until citizenship was determined.[1]

Supports. CBS News reports that Neil Floyd and Pete Serrano asked Hobbs to set aside ballots from the 405 people on a list they provided, pending confirmation of citizenship status.[4]

Supports. AP reports that the Justice Department's letter to Secretary of State Hobbs asked the state to set aside ballots from more than 400 people it alleges registered without citizenship, with Floyd speaking at a news conference.[2]

Context. Multiple sources note that the people on the list are alleged rather than confirmed noncitizens, and that many are green-card holders, consistent with the claim's 'appear to be illegally registered' framing. Washington's Secretary of State has since rebuffed the claims, but that response does not negate the fact that the request was made.[5][6]

Sources

6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated

1. 1US Justice Dept asks Washington state not to count ballots from possible noncitizensreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
2. 2Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
3. 3Federal data shows hundreds of non-citizens registered to ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
4. 4Justice Department asks Washington state to set aside ballots ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
5. 5DOJ asks Washington state to set aside 400 ballots from ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
6. 6Washington's Secretary of State rebuffs claims that non-citizens are ...kuow.org · not rated · cited for: context

Where this claim was made

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• unDivided with Brandi Kruse · Oct 27, 2026“The leaders of the two US attorney's offices for Washington state, so not only Neil Floyd but also Pete Serrano in the Eastern District of Washington, called on state election officials to segregate ballots cast by more than 400 people who appear to be illegally registered to vote.”Post →

Related claims

• Acting US Attorney Neil Floyd stated that over 400 non-citizens have voted in Washington and that they have identified over 1,500 ballots illegally cast.Can’t tell
• The federal government has alleged that there are over 400 illegal voters in Washington state.True
• The U.S. Attorney's Office notified the State of Washington of a list of names of people identified as non-citizens voting in elections.True
• The U.S. Attorney's Office identified 405 non-citizens who voted in Washington state elections.Mixed
• The Department of Justice provided the Washington Secretary of State with a list of 405 non-citizens who allegedly voted in Washington state.True