The Justice Department sent letters to election officials in every state threatening them over non-citizen voting.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
NBC News and the Philadelphia Inquirer (citing the New York Times) report that the Justice Department sent letters to election officials in all 50 states and DC in July 2026, warning of criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting. The claim matches the post's 'every single state' wording, and no source contradicts it.
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… We have seen the FBI, surge personnel from every single field office around the country to do some kind of investigation in Georgia this summer. It's not clear what they were doing, but it appeared to be related to the 2020 election. We've seen the Justice Department send letters to election officials, every single state, threatening them over non-citizen voting, including states that don't even have voter registration, like North Dakota doesn't have voter registration. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. NBC News reports that the DOJ sent letters warning election officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia that they could face criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting, confirmed by a DOJ spokesperson.[3]
Supports. The Inquirer, citing copies obtained by the New York Times, reports letters sent to all 50 states and DC threatening criminal prosecution of top election officials if ballots cast by noncitizens were counted.[4]
Context. Later October coverage of DOJ letters to California counties and a federal judge's order against the threats (Reuters, AP, BBC) describes a follow-on campaign, consistent with the broader nationwide letters.[1][2][5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1US Justice Dept demands California counties help identify suspected noncitizen votersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2California election officials rattled by DOJ demand to ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3DOJ threatens criminal charges for state election officials ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Justice Department threatens top election officials over ...inquirer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Judge orders Trump administration to stop election official ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 6Justice Dept. Demands That California Counties Help Identify Noncitizen Votersnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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