The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Robert Page, the Orange County Registrar of Voters. The suit accuses Page of refusing to provide the DOJ records related to the removal of non-citizens from the county’s voter rolls and failing to maintain an accurate voter list, a violation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).
According to the complaint, the DOJ launched its investigation after receiving a report from a family member of a non-citizen who claimed the individual received an unsolicited mail-in ballot despite not being a US citizen. Following the complaint, the DOJ requested records going back to January 2020 showing the number of voter registration records canceled for not meeting the citizenship requirements. Page responded to the request, providing documentation that had information such as driver’s licence numbers, social security numbers, voter identification numbers, and signatures redacted.
The DOJ told Page that the redacted data provided "prohibits the Attorney General from making an accurate assessment of the Defendant’s compliance with [Help America Vote Act] and the [National Voter Registration Act]." A deadline of June 20 was set for Page to respond, or litigation would be filed no later than June 24.
