{"id":812,"date":"2026-07-21T23:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagnerforcalifornia.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:09:30","slug":"judicial-watch-fighting-for-election-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagnerforcalifornia.com\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"Judicial Watch: Fighting for Election Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Judicial Watch: Fighting for Election Integrity<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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July 21, 2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the fight for election integrity, Judicial Watch continues to notch voter-friendly victories across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In California, Judicial Watch sued the state for failing to maintain accurate voter rolls\u2014a requirement of the National Voter Registration Act. The law requires the removal of most inactive voter registrations after two general elections. The numbers are astonishing. The JW lawsuit charges that California failed to remove 873,000 inactive voters from their registration rolls who have been inactive for more than two general elections. Sometimes a lot more: tens of thousands of the registrations have been inactive for over ten years. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Independent Party of California and Don Wagner, an elected member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors who is running for California Secretary of State.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last week, the Justice Department filed notice that it intended to intervene in the lawsuit on behalf of Wagner and the Independent Party. Citing data from Judicial Watch\u2019s original complaint, the Justice Department said in its Complaint in Intervention that California \u201cdoes not comply with the NVRA\u2019s requirement that the state conduct a general program of voter registration list maintenance that makes a reasonable effort to remove persons from the voter rolls who have become ineligible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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JW President Tom Fitton welcomed the federal move. Dirty voter rolls can mean dirty elections. \u201cThe Justice Department is right following Judicial Watch\u2019s lead and join our fight to clean up California\u2019s dirty voting rolls,\u201d Tom said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This isn\u2019t Judicial Watch\u2019s first election-integrity rodeo in California. In 2019, Los Angeles County settled a JW lawsuit that resulted in the removal of more than 1.2 million names from voter rolls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read more on<\/span> Judicial Watch <\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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