Federal officials request Washington state set aside ballots from 400 suspected noncitizens

🗞️ Story file #1004

Federal officials request Washington state set aside ballots from 400 suspected noncitizens

Oct 27, 6 AM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET · 2 outlets not rated for lean

21outlets carried it
🫏8 · 4 · 7🐘left · center · right
24 hourson the front pages
17front pages at once, at its peak
11 minof TV captions
3radio newscasts
7people retold it online

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Oct 27, 6 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Epoch Times
Oct 27, 8 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 27, 8 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 28, 4 AM ETpeak: on 17 front pages
Oct 28, 5 AM ETretold online by 7 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 27, 6 AM to Oct 28, 6 AM ET (peak 17), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “Tip of the iceberg” “Noncitizen”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 trump administration 🫏 administration asks 🫏 aside ballots

✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Just the News (2 wordings): “Justice Department uncovers hundreds of Washington registered voters it believes may be noncitizens” → “400 suspected noncitizen voters in Washington state just tip of the iceberg, GOP chair says”
Newsmax (2 wordings): “DOJ Targets 400 Suspected Noncitizen Voters in Wash.” → “400 Suspected Noncitizen Voters Targeted in Washington”
PJ Media (2 wordings): “Washington State Stonewalls Feds Investigating 400 Noncitizen Voters” → “Washington State Stonewalls Feds Over 400 Noncitizen Voters”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “DOJ Flags More Than 400 Suspected Noncitizens on Washington Voter Rolls” → “Federal Officials Identify More than 400 Potentially Ineligible Voters in Washington State”
The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Trump administration asks Washington state to hold more than 400 people’s ballots” → “Trump administration asks Washington state to hold more than 400 people’s ballots - The Washington Post”
The Washington Sun (2 wordings): “Trump Administration Asks Washington State to Set Aside Ballots From 400 Voters” → “Trump Administration Asks Washington to Set Aside Ballots”

Every outlet's first headline (21), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost California Election Officials Frustrated, Rattled By DOJ Demand To Sequester ‘Noncitizen’ Ballots Oct 24, 8 PM ET
The Guardian Trump administration asks Washington to set aside hundreds of ballots from suspected noncitizen voters Oct 26, 10 PM ET
ABC News Trump admin demands Washington set aside 400 ballots it says are from noncitizens Oct 27, 2 PM ET
CBS News DOJ asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 alleged noncitizens Oct 27, 12 PM ET
PBS NewsHour Trump administration asks Washington state to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens Oct 26, 6 PM ET
The Independent Trump administration targets hundreds of Washington voters as state questions timing of election intervention Oct 27, 8 AM ET
The Washington Post Trump administration asks Washington state to hold more than 400 people’s ballots Oct 27, 9 AM ET
Yahoo News DOJ tells California counties to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens. Here’s what to know. Oct 24, 4 PM ET
Reuters US Justice Dept asks Washington state not to count ballots from possible noncitizens Oct 27, 12 PM ET
Scripps News America Votes DOJ orders California counties to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens Karina Tsui, Maria Aguilar Prieto, Isa Mudannayake Oct 25, 10 AM ET
Straight Arrow News DOJ orders California county registrars to sequester alleged noncitizen ballots Oct 24, 1 PM ET
The Hill Trump administration: Hundreds of Washington state voters may be noncitizens Oct 27, 1 PM ET
Just the News Justice Department uncovers hundreds of Washington registered voters it believes may be noncitizens Oct 27, 9 AM ET
The Epoch Times DOJ Flags More Than 400 Suspected Noncitizens on Washington Voter Rolls Oct 27, 6 AM ET
The Washington Times Federal prosecutors ask Washington state to block 400 ballots of suspected noncitizens Oct 26, 10 PM ET
New York Post Federal officials identify 400 noncitizens registered to vote in Washington state: ‘Tip of the iceberg’ Oct 28, 4 AM ET
Newsmax DOJ Targets 400 Suspected Noncitizen Voters in Wash. Oct 26, 8 PM ET
PJ Media Washington State Stonewalls Feds Investigating 400 Noncitizen Voters Oct 27, 7 PM ET
The Post Millennial BREAKING: DOJ says 405 non-citizens cast over 1,500 ballots in WA, warns thousands more may be voting illegally Oct 26, 7 PM ET
Talking Points Memo DOJ Tells Washington State To Set Aside Ballots of 400 Voters It Claims are Noncitizens Oct 27, 9 AM ET
The Washington Sun Trump Administration Asks Washington State to Set Aside Ballots From 400 Voters Oct 27, 12 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN11 min

MSNOW12 s

DOJ TO SEND ABOUT 1,000 ELECTION MONITORS TO ALL 50 STATES CNN, 9 min
DOJ ASKS STATE OF WASHINGTON TO SET ASIDE 400 VOTER RECORDS CNN, 35 s
DOJ DEMANDS INFORMATION ON 400 VOTER RECORDS IN WASHINGTON STATE CNN, 34 s
Letter to state officials expresses concerns about suspected "noncitizen voters" CNN, 34 s
DOJ TO SEND ABOUT 1,000 ELECTION MONITORS TO ALL 50 STATES. Gabe Cohen | CNN Correspondent CNN, 20 s
JUDGE PLANS FOR EXPERT TO REVIEW CALIFORNIA VOTER DATA CNN, 15 s
DOJ ADMITS ALLEGED NONCITIZEN VOTERS MAY BE CITIZENS MSNOW, 12 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 27, 8:09 PM ET: story 2 of 7
NPR News Now, Oct 27, 1:10 PM ET: story 3 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 27, 8:32 AM ET: the lead

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

The Trump administration is asking Washington state to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizen voters. Oct 28: told by 7 people; told before on Oct 27, Oct 18

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Washington Trump administration Justice Department Washington state

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

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