Santa Clara County on Monday said it has informed the U.S. Department of Justice that it will not disclose confidential voter information in response to what the county calls “unsubstantiated allegations” of possible illegal voting by non-citizens.
The county sent separate letters dated Oct 26 from County Executive James R. Williams and County Counsel Tony LoPresti to U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian formally responding to a threatening letter sent Friday by Missakian to county Registrar of Voters Matt Moreles.
In the Oct. 23 letter, Missakian gave Moreles 48 hours to provide detailed confidential information about 902 individuals – unredacted, confidential voter registration information that the Department of Homeland Security alleges are noncitizens. Missakian also demanded that the county segregate and decline to process ballots cast by these individuals “until their citizenship status can be determined” at a later, unspecified time…