DOJ pressures California to withhold ballots from flagged voters — and more UCLA media

The Los Angeles Times reported that the Justice Department is pressing California election officials to verify the citizenship of thousands of flagged voters or set aside their ballots ahead of the November midterm elections. Rick Hasen, director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law, questioned the legality of the demand, noting that federal law restricts systematic voter purges within 90 days of an election to protect eligible voters from being mistakenly disenfranchised. Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, LAist and other outlets.