A list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens is more confusing than a voter registration form
The legal battle over voter eligibility is less about fraud and more about who gets to decide what 'citizenship' means.
The story
California Governor Newsom and a Trump-appointed prosecutor clash over 20,000 suspected noncitizens on voter rolls, with conflicting claims about verification and legal obligations.
Source: www.foxnews.com
Our reading
The Justice Department’s list of 20,000 suspected noncitizens on California voter rolls is so full of holes that even the people who made it can’t agree on what it means. One side says it’s a damning list of fraud, the other says it’s a list of people who, at the very least, didn’t lie about being born in the U.S. — which, if you’re a voter, is kind of the whole point. The prosecutor, who was appointed by a former president, is now arguing that the state is failing to do its job, even as the state argues that it’s following the law to the letter. It’s like a game of telephone where everyone’s using a different language, and the only thing everyone agrees on is that someone’s probably lying.