Shirley Weber – California Globe

Clinton-Appointed Judge Blocks DOJ Bid to Sequester Suspected Noncitizen Ballots; DOJ Appeals to Ninth Circuit

October 29, 2026 10:56 amOctober 29, 2026 1:18 pm

A Clinton-appointed federal judge has rejected the Department of Justice’s emergency request to sequester mail ballots from more than 20,000 California registrants federal authorities flagged as likely noncitizens, even as early voting continues and ballots are already being processed ahead...

DOJ Presses Judge Carter to Sequester Suspected Noncitizen Ballots as Hearing Concludes

October 27, 2026 4:21 pmOctober 27, 2026 4:21 pm

A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments Tuesday in the Justice Department’s bid to force California to sequester roughly 20,000 mail ballots linked to suspected noncitizens, one day after the Ninth Circuit dismissed the department’s emergency appeal for lack...

Ninth Circuit Forces California Response as DOJ Presses to Sequester 20,000 Suspected Noncitizen Ballots

October 24, 2026 2:11 pmOctober 26, 2026 9:27 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered California election officials to respond by noon Saturday to the Department of Justice’s emergency request to set aside roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots the federal government says were sent to “likely...

LA County Registrar Confirms California Doesn’t Verify Citizenship of Registered Voters — and Most States Don’t Either

October 21, 2026 6:01 amOctober 21, 2026 9:08 am

In a court filing that should surprise absolutely no one who has been paying attention, Los Angeles County election officials just confirmed they run their voter rolls on the honor system. They have no independent way to check whether someone...

Foreign Nationals Arrested in California for Illegal Voting and Registration

October 19, 2026 3:25 pmOctober 19, 2026 3:28 pm

Federal law enforcement arrested 11 foreign nationals living in California today on charges that they fraudulently registered to vote and, in many cases, cast illegal ballots in U.S. elections, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced....

Gov. Newsom Finds Sneaky Backdoor Way to Advance Reparations

October 14, 2026 6:00 amOctober 14, 2026 6:00 pm

When I read that “New California reparations law requires companies to disclose past profits from slavery,” I thought it was a joke. I’ve covered California Democrat’s years-long attempts to pass legislation to authorize reparations. In June, I reported “DOJ Case...

SCOTUS Blocks Trump USPS Mail-Ballot Security Rule for Midterms, Citing Timing

September 15, 2026 10:15 amSeptember 15, 2026 10:18 am

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night refused to lift a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s U.S. Postal Service rule on federal mail-in ballots, leaving California’s universal vote-by-mail system, and Nevada’s, untouched less than seven weeks before the November...