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Allegations of potential noncitizen voting spark legal fights

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With midterm elections just two weeks away, there are concerns that the federal government's pressure on election officials is breeding distrust in the system.

Federal agents have seized ballots , and voting machines have been examined. The Justice Department is locked in legal battles with states across the country over information about individual voters and this past week threatened to prosecute California election officials if they knowingly count mail-in ballots from 20,000 people the Trump administration says are "likely noncitizens."

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