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Alex Padilla: “While the Department’s ongoing voter roll lawsuits are failing across the country, we are concerned that those efforts…”

On the recordJune 10, 2026
While the Department’s ongoing voter roll lawsuits are failing across the country, we are concerned that those efforts, which were calculated to compel states into inaccurately purging voters, may be the pretext for more meritless pre- and post-election challenges, including interfering with election certification.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Senators warn about potential election challenges.

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