(The Center Square) – Federal officials urged the California secretary of state this week to ensure that no noncitizens are registered to vote in the Nov. 3 midterm election, threatening “emergency relief” if the state does not comply.

According to a letter from U.S. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, state officials knew earlier this year that noncitizens were registered to vote in California ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election. When federal officials raised this concern, Weber’s office did not deny it, McCotter wrote.

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