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.

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.

The lawsuit came after federal prosecutors rejected the county’s proposal to hand over redacted files that included the voters’ names and home addresses, with County Counsel Leon Page arguing it would be illegal to hand over without a court order.

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