Washington state secretary of state fires back at DOJ over noncitizen voter claim: 'Profoundly disappointing'
Topics: Voting & Election Law
2 outlets (The Hill and CBS News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 2 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Both headlines use “DOJ”, “Washington”. Distinct wording: The Hill uses “disappointing'” and “noncitizen”; CBS News uses “noncitizens” and “citizens”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- The Hill reports: “Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs shot back at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for asking him to order his election officials to set aside ballots for hundreds of people the federal governm…”
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- The Hill: Washington state secretary of state fires back at DOJ over noncitizen voter claim: 'Profoundly disappointing'
- CBS News: U.S. citizens included on DOJ list of 400 alleged noncitizens, Washington says
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