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Trump DOJ Sues After California Refuses to Disqualify Voters Based on Faulty Citizenship Database

In what one former election official called a significant "escalation" of President Donald Trump's interference in the midterm elections, his Department of Justice sued California on Thursday for not disqualifying over 20,000 mail ballots from voters it claims could be noncitizens. The suit comes two days after acting Deputy US Attorney General Trent…

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