California given 48-hour ultimatum over alleged noncitizen voter list

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNow to politics.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Trump administration has given California forty-eight hours to review a master list of suspected noncitizen voters, or face a showdown in court before the midterms.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty-eight hours is what I give a sandwich in my fridge. After that, it's a legal matter and a smell.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe New York Post reports the feds call it a list of alleged non-American voters.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAlleged is the key word, because nobody has shown the public how the list was built.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut elections are supposed to be clean, and a review could reassure everybody on every side. I'm choosing to be hopeful about a spreadsheet.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA hopeful spreadsheet. Vera, I've seen spreadsheets ruin Christmas, and those were just about who owed whom for the turkey.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentLists like this are only as good as the data behind them, and old records, name matches and typos all cause errors. I've had my own name misspelled on three diplomas.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThree?

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOne of them says Dr. Nina Bite. I framed it out of spite.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo California has two days to check the list, and the list has had zero days to check itself. I'd frame that one too.