Cyberzenhub.com – The Justice Department has issued grand jury subpoenas to local election officials in California as part of a criminal investigation focused on the state’s voter-registration rolls. The action, taken Thursday, intensifies the Trump administration’s dispute with states over election administration only days before the midterm elections.

Multiple people familiar with the matter said the subpoenas are tied to the administration’s effort to support its assertion that California’s rolls include thousands of people who are not U.S. citizens. The precise scope of the requests, the jurisdictions involved and any information sought through the subpoenas were not immediately clear.…