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DOJ charges 28 in California with voting crimes as election tensions escalate

NPR · Oct 19, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

The DOJ also filed an emergency request in federal court to stop California from processing ballots returned by people on the voter rolls the federal government says are "likely noncitizens."

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DOJ charges 28 in California with voting crimes as election tensions escalate

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Justice Department seeks to BLOCK ballots of 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters in California

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Watch live: B.C. municipal election results 2026

Family devastated after charges stayed in 2018 fatal hit-and-run near Terrace

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