California leaders rebuke Trump administration’s push over alleged noncitizen voting

Election personnel concerned directive to ‘quickly’ verify 20,000 ballots could disenfranchise citizens

California’s top leaders have rebuked the Trump administration’s efforts to quash alleged noncitizen voting.

Less than two weeks before the midterms, federal prosecutors called upon California election officials to verify within 48 hours a list of about 20,000 ballots belonging to suspected noncitizens.