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DHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate U.S. citizens, whistleblower alleges

NEW YORK — A last-ditch Trump administration effort to hunt for noncitizen voters ahead of November’s elections is requiring federal employees to misrepresent themselves on voter lookup tools in a way that likely violates state laws, according to a federal whistleblower’s statement released Monday. The Department of Homeland Security probe

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  1. firstPittsburgh Tribune-Review
  2. +4hBoulder Daily Camera
  3. +4hThe Mercury News
  4. +4hSanta Ana Orange County Register
  5. +4hHartford Courant
  6. +4hSt. Paul Pioneer Press
  7. +4hNorfolk Virginian-Pilot
  8. +4hThe Boston Herald
  9. +4hReading Eagle
  10. +4hThe Denver Post
  11. +4hSan Diego Union-Tribune
  12. +4hSanta Rosa Press Democrat
  13. +4hBaltimore Sun
  14. +7hThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  15. +23hLos Angeles Times

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