🗞️ Story file #600
DOJ warns California election officials of legal risks for counting suspected noncitizen ballots
Oct 17, 9 PM ET to Oct 18, 5 PM ET
- 6outlets carried it
- 🫏1 · 0 · 5🐘left · center · right
- 20 hourson the front pages
- 6front pages at once, at its peak
- 14people retold it online
- 1 of 2parts of a saga
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- Oct 17, 9 PM ETfirst on a front page: PJ Media
- Oct 17, 9 PM ETpeak: on 6 front pages
- Oct 18, 10 AM ETretold online by 14 people
📰 Spread
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Every outlet's first headline (6), left to right by AllSides rating
PBS NewsHour
DOJ says California officials who process ballots from suspected noncitizens risk prosecution Oct 16, 8 PM ET
Just the News
DOJ warns Calif. election officials they could face prosecution over suspected noncitizen ballots Oct 17, 1 PM ET
The Epoch Times
DOJ Warns Los Angeles County of Legal Consequences for Counting Noncitizen Ballots Oct 17, 2 PM ET
Newsmax
Calif. Officials Processing Suspected Noncitizen Ballots Risk Prosecution: US Oct 16, 9 PM ET- OAN DOJ: L.A. County could face criminal charges for counting votes of 20K suspected illegal registrants Oct 17, 6 PM ET
PJ Media
Justice Department Vows to Prosecute California Election Officials Who Tabulate Unlawful Ballots Oct 17, 9 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
🧶 Retelling
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🧶 Retold online
- The Trump administration is threatening to jail California election officials over unproven claims about noncitizen voters. Oct 18: told by 14 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 1094 likes, 375 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 7 likes, 7 reposts
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: California Justice Department Los Angeles County DOJ United States Department of Justice
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🧵 Persistence
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🧵 California election legal battle
DOJ warns California election officials of legal risks for counting suspected noncitizen ballots (this story)
Oct 17, 9 PM ET
DOJ sues California over 20,000 suspected noncitizen voters
Oct 14, 11 AM ET