
GROK THE NEWS - Monday, October 19, 2026
GROK THE NEWS - Monday, October 19, 2026
The Department of Justice delivered a password-protected thumb drive containing the names of more than twenty thousand individuals it says it reasonably believes are likely noncitizens registered to vote in California, then gave state and Los Angeles County officials forty-eight hours to review the list, segregate any returned mail ballots from those names, and halt signature verification or tabulation until citizenship is confirmed. This leads because it is a direct federal challenge to state election administration nineteen days before the midterms…
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