Legal filing questions Trump’s claims of non-citizen voting in California
Data scientists find that many 'likely non-citizens' identified by the Trump administration were erroneously flagged.
A new court filing has cast further doubt on the accuracy of a list of “likely non-citizen” voters that the administration of United States President Donald Trump sent to the state of California ahead of the midterm elections.
On Saturday, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), an advocacy group, submitted an analysis to the court conducted by two data scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
It also found that thousands of potentially eligible US citizens were incorrectly identified as ineligible to vote.
Under the US Constitution’s Elections Clause, election administration falls solely to the states, though Congress may pass regulations governing voting.