Ask the Hard Question: Washington Is Right to Demand Answers on Noncitizen Voting in California
Federal grand jury subpoenas have reached Los Angeles and Orange County election offices days before the midterms. California calls it intimidation. Voters who want clean rolls should call it accountability.
By Clara Hughes
Federal grand jury subpoenas have reached Los Angeles and Orange County election offices days before the midterms. California calls it intimidation. Voters who want clean rolls should call it accountability. Every American citizen has a right to one thing on Election Day above all others: a ballot that counts, and is not cancelled out by a ballot that never should have been cast. That simple principle is what is at stake in California this week, and it is why the Justice Department is right to keep pressing for answers — even as the state's political establishment cries foul. Here is what has happened. The Associated Press obtained copies of three subpoenas sent Oct. 21 and Oct. 24 to employees of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, ordering them to appear in court on Nov. 4, the day after the election. Prosecutors want records of how the county prevents noncitizens from voting and "records relating to or involving evidence collected by your agency which tends to indicate an alien has voted in a