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DOJ Demands California Purge Voter Rolls—or Else

The Trump administration is giving California 48 hours to purge its voter rolls of people it thinks are noncitizens, or else. A letter first obtained by Reuters details the administration’s demand for “immediate action to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in the upcoming federal election.” The Department of Justice wants California to scroll through a…

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