The Justice Department under the Trump administration is ramping up scrutiny of California‘s election system amid dramatic shifts in the outcomes of several closely watched races, even as the state’s election officials were still counting ballots nearly a week after voters cast their primary votes.

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have now opened multiple election fraud investigations, established a public tip line for reporting suspected election misconduct, renewed criticism of California’s voter registration and ballot collection policies, and sent a federal prosecutor into Los Angeles County’s ballot processing center for a second time on Monday to observe the counting process.

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