Analysts Say Over 40% of DOJ's Flagged California Voters Are Not on Voter Rolls
Photo: The HillTwo data analysts at the UCLA Voting Rights Project said in a legal filing on Saturday that more than 40 percent of the people the Justice Department deemed likely noncitizens in California were not on the state's voter rolls. The Trump administration is seeking to stop about 20,000 such people from casting midterm ballots. The analysts said many others are likely legally eligible to vote. The Associated Press reported that the researchers found nearly 7,500 naturalized citizens were highly likely to have been wrongly labeled ineligible. The Justice Department shared its list on Friday as a result of a lawsuit brought by the Voting Rights Project and the Los Angeles-based Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA). CHIRLA and California voter Pedro Trujillo argue that the federal methods risk mislabeling naturalized citizens and disrupting election administration. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter appeared at an Oct. 19 news conference in Los Angeles in front of photos of people charged with illegally registering to vote. Reuters reported that, with Americans voting Tuesday, the administration's lists could be used to contest the validity of results.
Mother Jones, the left-leaning outlet covering the story, leads with the errors. Its headline says the list may be filled with mistakes, and it relies on the UCLA analysts, the CHIRLA lawsuit, Trujillo and the AP's figure of 7,500 naturalized citizens. It also includes the McCotter photo, which puts the Justice Department's public push beside the criticism. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had, so there is no right-side framing to compare. Among alternative sources, The Hill briefly relays the AP's finding of mismatches and the 40 percent figure, in a more neutral tone. Reuters takes a distinct angle: an explainer on how the lists could be used to challenge midterm results, rather than on the analysts' findings.
How the sides differ Left sources stress UCLA's findings of errors in the list; alternative sources add AP-sourced mismatches and election-challenge risks; right outlets had not covered it.
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Mother Jones leads with the UCLA analysts' finding that the Justice Department's list has many errors, featuring the CHIRLA lawsuit, voter Pedro Trujillo, AP figures on naturalized citizens, and a McCotter news conference photo.
The Hill briefly relays the AP's report of mismatches in the list, while Reuters offers an explainer on how the lists could be used to contest midterm results.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.