Bombshell lawsuit exposes 873,000 ‘ghost’ voters in California
By Titus Wu
Published June 2, 2026, 12:28 p.m. ET
As voters hit the polls Tuesday to make their picks in this year’s primary races, a fresh lawsuit against California’s secretary of state is calling into question whether hundreds of thousands of unqualified voters are still eligible to head to the ballot box.
Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner, the Republican candidate for secretary of state, joined the American Independent Party of California in suing incumbent Secretary of State Shirley Weber, alleging that 873,092 inactive voter registrations are still on the rolls.
The complaint, filed through conservative voting watchdog organization Judicial Watch, claimed the Democrat Weber is in violation of federal law that requires most inactive voter registrations to be removed after two general federal elections.
Instead, more than 800,000 registrations have remained inactive and on the rolls for at least three elections — with 151,202 on the rolls after at least four consecutive elections, the suit claims.
The lawsuit also alleges that the state takes no effective action to require counties to fix the issue, citing admissions by California officials.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/
