DOJ opens criminal probe into 20,000 potential non-citizen voters in California

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on October 15 alleging over 20,000 individuals in California may be non-citizen voters, and has now opened a criminal investigation. The claim is unverified and likely part of broader election-integrity enforcement; the scale and evidence base remain unclear. This marks a significant federal-state clash over voter rolls ahead of elections.

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