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Trump's Voter Raids Have Begun (www.motherjones.com)
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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 45 points 9 hours ago

the federal government sent election officials in Los Angeles County an unverified list of 20,000 people it claims are “likely noncitizens” registered to vote in California. [...] federal agents used the list to make the more than two dozen targeted arrests on the basis of its voter fraud allegations. [...] The 11 arrestees are among 28 people the department officially charged—and all are from its list of 20,000 targets in the election. The press release claims that every person targeted is a legal permanent resident of the US but not a citizen.

No words.

“Every illegal vote cancels out the vote of a lawful American citizen,”

So it's the Great Replacement Theory applied to voting.

[-] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

We've seen this same story play out in Nevada.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/01/dhss-nevada-illegal-voter-claims-have-dropped-from-16000-to-200-to-zero-in-less-than-a-month/

They claim huge numbers, but when it's time to provide the evidence, they come up empty handed. That's why we are seeing the show of force with cameras and the media blitz. To create the perception of voter fraud to hide the fact that actual voter fraud is rare.

We know their numbers are bullshit too via Propublica:

HSI’s involvement in the hunt for election fraud traces at least to summer 2025, when agency supervisors embraced a proposal from a midlevel agent who’d publicly echoed Trump’s claims about elections. He argued the agency’s powerful databases and tools could find noncitizens even on the voter lists that states make publicly available, from which the most confidential information has been redacted. Under Trump, the Justice Department had collected many public voter rolls as part of a controversial effort to compel states to turn over the unredacted versions.

Those searches went forward, ProPublica’s reporting shows, helping to generate tens of thousands of leads regarding illegal voting across the country. But when HSI agents were sent to investigate them, the results were similar to what Teirab reported from Minnesota.

Between January 2025 and May 2026, a ProPublica analysis of Justice Department data shows, fewer than 150 alleged noncitizen voters were referred for prosecution. Even fewer — 41 — were charged with voting illegally or other election-related crimes. (More than 150 million people voted in the most recent presidential election.)

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There’s an array of reasons why Trump’s campaign to document claims of widespread voter fraud hasn’t succeeded. Most obviously, it’s exceedingly rare, as countless studies and state audits have found. Noncitizens often get on voter rolls by accident or when government officials make errors. Last month, New Jersey disclosed that a mistake involving its Motor Vehicle Commission caused 6,600 noncitizens to be registered (fewer than 400 voted).

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

wait dint nevada go to trump? and its mainly a red state.

[-] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nevada is weird. Dem and Rep are about the same. Independents ~~out number both~~ are a plurality (ninja edit). Dems dominate Senate and House seats. The governor is a Rep. The state voted Trump, Biden, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Bush, Bush.

Party Total voters Percentage
Democratic 569,337 27.61%
Republican 568,665 27.58%
Independent American 82,903 4.02%
Libertarian 13,620 0.66%
Other parties 30,806 1.49%
Nonpartisan 796,805 38.64%
Total 2,062,136 100.00%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada#Politics

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

as if CA is going to vote for trump lol. its just sound bites for faux news, to scare the magats, how shithole blue areas are. alot of travel influencers(conservatives) solely go to blue areas to do the same, and only visit extremely proverty stricken areas.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 hours ago

“Every illegal vote cancels out the vote of a lawful American citizen,”

Not if they both vote for the same person

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

if it cancels out, then nobody actually voted.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

The obvious implication is that only MAGAs are "lawful American citizens."

Remember, the Trump regime has already declared all anti-fascists to be enemies of the state.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

But but but 28 votes were saved! Surely democracy is safe now

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