Orange County Supervisors narrowly shot down calls from their colleagues to settle a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice and order the county’s top elections official to hand over 17 people’s voting data to prosecutors amid a probe of alleged noncitizen voting.
[Read: U.S. Attorney Sues OC for Voter Records in Probe of Alleged Noncitizen Voting]
The request comes amid concerns that the 17 people in question – all of whom county election officials say have been purged from voter rolls – could’ve improperly voted after their names showed up on rolls, despite not being eligible to vote…