DOJ's Prosecutorial Warning to State Election Officials Over Noncitizen Voters

The Justice Department warned all 50 states on July 7 that election officials who knowingly keep noncitizens on voter rolls face criminal prosecution. The five-day deadline pressures officials to respond without adequate legal consultation. The move breaks precedent: noncitizen voting is already illegal, violations are documented as rare, and the DOJ cites no new evidence of systemic problems.