WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.),Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration,released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice suedCalifornia's Secretary of Stateand Los Angeles County's Registrar Recorder to prevent them from calculating ballots sent to alist of alleged ineligible voters without any legal basis or supporting evidence:
"We've seen this coming:Donald Trump's Departmentof Justice with no authority isnow activelytryingto interfere inthe 2026elections and strong-arm California into purging names from our voter rollsand blocking mail ballots basedpurelyonvague allegationsless tha...