A sample of 20,000 purportedly ineligible voters analyzed by the Los Angeles Registrar of Voters found that three out of four never voted in any election.
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What A DayOct 22, 2026
The sources support the never-voted finding: Los Angeles County's preliminary review found 71.2% of the sampled records had no voting history, roughly three in four. But the sample was 200 records drawn from the 20,000-person DOJ list, not a sample of 20,000, so the claim's sample size is off by a factor of 100.
A detail. The sources confirm the gist; the verdict faults a detail such as a date, number or wording.
What was said
… They demonstrated that zero, uh, you know, were ineligible. And, you know, forget about 16,000 that they alleged. And so forgive us if we're skeptical here, and there was a sample of the data of these 20,000 purportedly ineligible voters—that was done by the Los Angeles Registrar of Voters—and it found that three out of four of them never voted in any election. They had no record of voting. Over 50% of them do not have active voter registrations; they've either been canceled or they're inactive. …
What A Day · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The county's review covered a sample of 200 records from the DOJ's list of more than 20,000, not a sample of 20,000 as the claim states.[1][2][3][4]
Supports. Los Angeles County's preliminary review found that roughly 71.2% of the sampled records had never voted in previous elections, which is close to the 'three out of four' figure.[1][2][5]
Context. The county's own statement says the findings 'should not be mistaken for claims about citizenship,' and officials noted the sample was preliminary and small relative to the list.[1][6]
Context. Reporting describes the sample as including canceled or inactive registrations, and about 40% of those with birthplace data indicated they were born in the U.S.; these figures are not part of the claim.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 6 not rated
- 1Official Vote Centers and Ballot Drop Boxes are open.lacounty.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 2LA County reviews some DOJ records of voters flagged as 'likely ...kcra.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3DOJ alleges noncitizen voting in California. Here's what ...abc7news.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Trump administration asks appeals court to set aside ...votebeat.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5LA County says DOJ ballot demand could delay election resultsrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6'High percentage' of DOJ's California noncitizen voters list ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Feds tease new 'batch' of noncitizen California voters as L.A. slams previous listyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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