Feds Found 100% Mail-in Vote Samples Were Noncitizens

The federal civil rights lawsuit United States of America v. State of California et al. was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to compel California and Los Angeles County election officials to set aside vote-by-mail ballots from more than 20,000 individuals flagged by federal agencies as likely noncitizens.

The DOJ argues that federal law (18 U.S.C. § 611) prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections. They insisted that these ballots should be held until their citizenship can be independently or jointly verified.

California state officials have rejected the request. They say they are concerned about the reliability of the federal government’s data.  They argue that the federal government lacks authority to disrupt active ballot counting close to the midterm elections.

On Monday, October 26, 2026, a three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the government’s emergency request. The majority denied the request to sequester the 20,000 ballots. They said the DOJ’s eleventh-hour lawsuit risked confusing voters and upending state policies.

The administration has not yet filed an appeal.

Secure voting is not a high priority in far-left California.

LA County says a sample of the Trump administration’s 200 names of suspected non-citizen voters showed that 38.9% attested to being born in the US. But in a new sworn statement under penalty of perjury, a DHS official says its investigation shows NONE of LA County’s 200 names were born in the US. Upon further review, four might have a claim to citizenship.

“After a thorough review of the immigration records of all the individuals on the County’s Sample List, it was determined that none of the individuals USCIS matched to the County’s Sample List were born in the United States according to USCIS records,” -Nicolas Bartell, Associate Director of Fraud Detection at USCIS.

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