Trump’s California Voter Fraud Claim Under Fire As 8,880 Names Go Missing

The analysis, conducted by two researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), examined 20,930 names that the Justice Department had asked California officials to treat as potential illegal voters and separate their ballots during the Election Day count. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

More than 40 per cent of the individuals flagged by the Trump administration as possible noncitizen voters in California do not appear on the state's voter rolls, according to an analysis submitted to a federal court on Saturday. The findings have raised fresh questions about the accuracy of a list the US Justice Department has used to pressure election officials ahead of the midterm elections.

The analysis, conducted by two researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), examined 20,930 names that the Justice Department had asked California officials to treat as potential illegal voters and separate their ballots during the Election Day count.

According to the court filing by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and UCLA's Voting Rights Project, 8,880 names, or 42 per cent of the list, could not be matched to anyone in California's current voter records. The researchers also identified at least 22 US citizens on the list, while warning…

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