Watchdog Sues California County for Refusing to Release Information on Noncitizen Voters

Alameda County’s lack of transparency is ‘concerning as we enter a presidential election year.’

Voters cast their ballots in the voting booths at the early vote location at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., on Oct. 16, 2020. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images

The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a federal lawsuit against Alameda County after an official declined its request to provide details of noncitizen voters.

On Sept. 7 last year, PILF requested records related to foreign nationals registering and voting in U.S. elections. However, defendant Timothy Dupuis, the county’s registrar of voters, failed to provide the information. On Feb. 12, PILF filed a lawsuit alleging that the defendant violated the public disclosure provision of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 “for failure to permit inspection of voter list maintenance records.”