Judge David Carter is considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims that California has 20,000 non-citizens on its voter rolls.
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VINCEOct 28, 2026
On Tuesday October 27, 2026, Judge David O. Carter said he was considering appointing a special master to evaluate the Trump administration's claims that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls, as reported by AP and multiple outlets on Oct 27-28.
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… be an outside, another outside third party, in addition to a judge, who would look at all of the, all of the paperwork here to establish whether or not somebody's actually in the country illegally or not, or is a non-citizen and shouldn't be participating. A federal judge Tuesday says he's considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has 20,000 non-citizens on its voter rolls and to determine whether those counties will be able to separate any ballots belonging to ineligible voters. …
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Supports. AP reported that U.S. District Judge David O. Carter on Tuesday said he was considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls.[1][2][3]
Supports. ABC News reported Carter said in court Tuesday he intends to appoint a special master to probe the DOJ's process behind the list of roughly 20,000 alleged likely noncitizens.[4][5]
Context. Later AP reporting (Oct 29) says Carter appointed special master Daniel B. Garrie on Thursday, after the claim date; this does not make the October 28 statement false.[6][7]
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7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated
- 1Special master could evaluate Justice Department's claims ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Judge to consider whether California should count 20000 ...houstonchronicle.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Special master could evaluate Justice Department's claims of ...ksat.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Judge to appoint special master in California voting case in setback to DOJ's attempt to quickly interveneabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Judge to appoint special master in California voting case ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Judge taps special master to evaluate DOJ's claims of noncitizens on California voter rollswhec.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Judge taps special master to evaluate DOJ’s claims of noncitizens on California voter rollsdailynews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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