California Election Officials Keep Hiding Voter Registration Rolls And We Know Why

“For over a year, the Department of Justice has been trying to audit California’s voter rolls. Federal law gives the Attorney General the authority to review state voter files and confirm that only eligible U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections,” he wrote on X.

“AAGDhillon sent California a letter explaining our legal authority. California refused to comply, claiming state privacy laws block the review, an argument that does not hold up because those laws don’t apply to the federal government in this context,” he said, a reference to Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon.

We’ve sued California in federal court, and the case is before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,” Essayli went on.

“If California genuinely wants voters to trust its elections, it should open its records, not fight to keep them closed,” he added. “What are they afraid of?”

His statement comes after his office previously announced a much-needed investigation into California’s elections.

Why is he investigating? Oh, I don’t know…maybe this is why: