A last-ditch Trump administration effort to hunt for noncitizen voters ahead of November’s elections is requiring federal employees to misrepresent themselves on voter lookup tools in a way that likely violates state laws, according to a federal whistleblower’s statement released Monday.

The Department of Homeland Security probe known as the “Unlawful Voter Initiative” also asks employees to create federal law enforcement records about voters based on unreliable data, the account warns. That could potentially wrongly implicate U.S. citizens in official documentation that could spur further investigation.

The anonymous, nearly 30-page disclosure was published Monday by Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California, the ranking member of a Senate committee overseeing federal elections.

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    They said the same shit after they spent a decade letting Bush II get away with torture and other war crimes. But sure, Charlie Brown, maybe this time Lucy won’t snatch the football away.

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      I ain’t falling for shit. But I’m sure as hell not letting the Republicans keep fucking us over either.

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            3 days ago

            Party for Socialism and Liberation

            Greens

            Socialist Alternative

            Independent candidates

            Running for office yourself

            There are a lot of alternatives to simply checking a box next to a capitalist puppet and thinking that’s the limit of what you can do.