Center · Read · October 24, 2026
Oct 23 ยท The Justice Department gives California counties 48 hours to set aside ballots it suspects belong to noncitizens
Straight Arrow News: DOJ orders California county registrars to sequester alleged noncitizen ballots
Grade B (82/100). SAN quotes Essayli's letter and posts, county clerks, Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Sen. Alex Padilla, and notes the DHS field-operations ruling
B: Uses an unnamed source or unsourced number.
- Relies on an unnamed source or a number with no source (minus 18 points): 'multiple studies and reviews find it to be exceedingly rare' (no study is named)
Splits: SAN quotes Essayli's letter and posts, county clerks, Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Sen. Alex Padilla, and notes the DHS field-operations ruling
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