The facts
President Donald Trump's Justice Department sent letters to California county registrars demanding they sequester ballots from approximately 20,000 voters identified by the federal government as noncitizens. The letters, sent on Friday, requested sensitive information including Social Security numbers and warned of legal action against officials who knowingly count a noncitizen's vote. Election officials, such as John Tuteur of Napa County, stated the demand was intended to raise doubts about election integrity and that they would proceed with counting ballots as usual. The California attorney general's office noted errors in the federal letters, with Mendocino County receiving a list of individuals not residing there. The Justice Department stated it was not requesting a purge but collaboration for a secure election. This action follows federal charges against 28 individuals for illegally registering to vote. Some officials, like Kristin B. Connelly of Contra Costa County, questioned the accuracy of the federal government's data, citing a previous instance in Nevada where a claim of noncitizen voters proved unfounded.
Our take
The Trump administration’s Justice Department, a collection of dickheads with a hard-on for voter suppression, has fired off its latest load of bullshit into California’s election machinery. They sent letters to county registrars demanding they set aside ballots from about 20,000 people the feds claim are noncitizens, a request dripping with legal threats if any official dares to count a vote from someone on their shitlist. This is a transparent, pathetic attempt to cast doubt on the entire process, and the local officials who actually run elections are not having it. Napa County’s registrar, John Tuteur, called it exactly what it is: a ploy to raise doubts, and said he’ll count ballots as usual. Good. Fuck their intimidation.
The sheer, cuntish incompetence of this stunt is breathtaking. The letters are already wrong. Mendocino County got a list of people who don’t even fucking live there. It’s like the DOJ cobbled this together from a napkin scribble and a phone book they found in a dumpster. They want Social Security numbers and sensitive info, all while pretending this isn’t a purge, just a friendly 'collaboration' for election security. What a load of piss. This is the same federal government that, as Contra Costa County’s Kristin B. Connelly pointed out, has a track record of being full of shit on this exact topic, like in Nevada where their big noncitizen voter claim turned out to be a complete fantasy.
So here’s the score: a desperate, flailing administration sends out a threatening letter based on garbage data to scare local officials. Those officials, who aren’t paid-up members of the Trump cult, took one look at this clown show and basically told the DOJ to go fuck itself. The only thing being sequestered here is the Justice Department’s last shred of credibility, which they’ve happily locked away in a box marked 'Election Bullshit.' They’re not protecting integrity; they’re pissing on it from a great height and hoping someone mistakes it for rain. It’s a cowardly, grifting move by a bunch of bastards who know they’re losing, so they’re trying to rig the game by screaming that the other side is cheating. The only fraud here is this pathetic, flailing performance from the federal government.
