{"id":2691722,"date":"2026-10-26T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-again-20000-ballots-minimum-found-belonging-to-non-citizens-could-go-as-high-as-200000-in-ca\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:03:01","slug":"its-happening-again-20000-ballots-minimum-found-belonging-to-non-citizens-could-go-as-high-as-200000-in-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-again-20000-ballots-minimum-found-belonging-to-non-citizens-could-go-as-high-as-200000-in-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Happening Again &#8211; 20,000 Ballots \u2018Minimum\u2019 Found Belonging to Non-Citizens, Could Go as High as 200,000 in CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-happening-again-20000-ballots-minimum-found-belonging-to-non-citizens-could-go-as-high-as-200000-in-ca%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2691722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We are eight days from the midterm elections, and shenanigans are already afoot in California.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is moving to block 20,000 mail-in ballots from the state\u2019s count, demanding they be set aside over fears that noncitizens filled them out. If those ballots are put with the others, they will be indistinguishable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/23\/us-news\/doj-moves-to-block-20k-disputed-california-ballots-from-count\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> reported that First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, along with Attorney General Todd Blanche, is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to have California put those ballots aside and verify each voter\u2019s citizenship status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe it\u2019s at a minimum of 20,000. That\u2019s the floor,\u201d Essayli said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not asking California to take any drastic steps other than to sequester the ballots from the suspected noncitizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The motion said 331,000 mail-in ballots have been processed already.<\/p>\n<p>California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, along with Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder\/County Clerk Dean Logan, are defendants in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The duo refused the request to isolate the ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin already wrote to state officials in July, sounding the alarm about 200,000 voters who potentially lacked citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doj-verified-20000-noncitizens-california-voter-rolls-federal-prosecutor-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, California argued it cannot do anything. County election officials \u2014 so the state claims \u2014 do not have access to the federal records needed to verify voters\u2019 citizenship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/us-appeals-court-appears-skeptical-of-trump-doj-s-lawsuit-over-california-voter-rolls\/ar-AA2g5qPC?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> reported Monday that a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit Court met Sunday, and that Circuit Judge Mark Bennett did not seem agreeable to the Department of Justice\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems to me that you want us to issue an injunction that is entirely inconsistent with the law that the California legislature has adopted pursuant to the Elections Clause,\u201d Bennett told Justice Department attorney Matthew Donnelly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can we do that?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>This is all so tiresome.<\/p>\n<p>California has created an election process almost ensuring fraud. Voters can even use a health club card or a credit or debit card instead of actual ID.<\/p>\n<p>How is this ensuring election integrity?<\/p>\n<p>This process should not be complicated \u2014 everyone should vote in person on election day at a polling place and present a government-issued photo ID.<\/p>\n<p>Mail-in voting became prevalent during COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Who filled out the ballot? Great question.<\/p>\n<p>Do mail-in ballots always reach their destination? No.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dozens-mail-ballots-found-seattle-dumpster-dems-claim-election-system-secure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle, Washington<\/a>, 92 mail-in ballots were recently discovered in a dumpster near a local park.<\/p>\n<p>Moves to ensure some level of election security are being made now, not on Nov. 3. 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