U.S. sues California in fight over checking citizenship of mail voters
- The federal government sued the state of California on Thursday over how to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting by mail in federal elections.
- The lawsuit asks a judge to prevent California officials from tabulating mail-in ballots from likely non-citizens in the upcoming federal election until the voter's citizenship status can be determined.
- The DOJ asked California to set aside mail ballots from voters identified as likely noncitizens and verify citizenship before a ballot is counted.