DOJ noncitizen voter list analysis
The gist
UCLA analysts found 8,880 of 20,930 DOJ-flagged names, 42%, were not in California's voter file.
The review is the first outside check of a list used to challenge ballots days before midterms.
How it unfolded
- Sep 2, 2026CHIRLA and the UCLA Voting Rights Project filed a federal lawsuit challenging the administration's use of federal immigration data to identify suspected noncitizen voters.
- Oct 31, 2026A CHIRLA filing presented the UCLA analysts' review of the 20,930 names: 8,880 (42%) did not correspond to anyone in California's current voter file, and at least 22 were U.S. citizens.
- Oct 31, 2026The federal prosecutor who spearheaded the Trump case in California called the analysis "bogus," and President Donald Trump posted that the DOJ found "20,000, but potentially Hundreds of Thousands, and maybe even Millions," of fraudulent votes.