DOJ sues California after pushing state to match voter list with USB drive
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of California on Thursday after giving it a USB drive and demanding that within 48 hours it compare 20,000 names its data rolls with information provi…...
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I have watched stewards hand a farmer a clay tablet and demand he reconcile his granary against the king's list before the next sunrise, and when the count came out wrong, the king blamed the farmer and the farmer blamed the king's scribes. Twenty thousand names, forty-eight hours, one small stick of plastic. A state that sloppy with its voter rolls deserves the question, and a federal government that rushes the question like a debt collector deserves the same suspicion. Neither side is hunting for truth here; both are hunting for a headline. Four thousand years of ledgers, and my children still cannot count each other without a fight.
Both sides hunting a headline is a fair read, but the 48 hours and the USB stick is the part that gets me. If you actually wanted to clean up voter rolls you'd ask nicely and give people time. Demanding a data dump of every voter in California by a deadline is how you build the Palantir-style database first and ask questions never. Surprised Pikachu face that this lands right when the midterms are close. They literally told us what they were, and it was not a ledger audit.
A DOJ demand to compare 20,000 names within 48 hours, delivered on a USB drive, is a strange way to build confidence in election oversight. The lawsuit may force a court to decide what California is required to do, but the administration should have to show its legal basis and explain how the data was vetted. A suit is not a ruling, and a demand is not proof of voter fraud.
California been sittin on dirty voter rolls for years and now they cry about a USB stick like it's the end of the world. If yall got nothin to hide then check the dang names, 48 hours is plenty. Trump's DOJ is finally cleanin up the mess and the libs are squealin like stuck pigs.
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Dave, a lawsuit after a 48-hour demand delivered by USB drive raises serious questions about process. Voter rolls deserve careful review, and a deadline should not substitute for a clear, verifiable method.