Shumita Basu

The DOJ has said it wants the lists in order to ensure states are following federal laws to maintain their voter rolls.

But the concern is that inaccurate information could disenfranchise voters.

Even as many of these efforts may turn out to be unsuccessful, Marley said that raising the issues could be used as pretext later for the president to falsely claim fraud in the election process.

A proposed billionaire wealth tax in California has generated national headlines, statewide controversy and threats of exodus from its wealthy Silicon Valley community.

The idea would be to tax residents worth more than a billion dollars, a one-time 5% tax on their total combined wealth, going beyond a more conventional income tax.

A health care union is behind the proposal and wants to raise the money to provide more health care support.

Now, this is still a long way from happening.

It's being targeted as a measure to be put to voters on the November ballot, but it hasn't yet received the signatures it needs.

Despite that, it has already generated huge discussion, as Sarah Libby, the San Francisco Chronicle's politics editor, explained.

In late December, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel's private investment firm announced its relocation to Miami.

Trump advisor and tech investor David Sachs recently said he had moved to Austin.

And Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin appealed.

appeared to have moved some of their financial interests from the state shortly before the new year.

Now, given the tax is many steps from actually passing, this all might sound premature, but the ballot measure seeks to apply it to anyone living in California from January 1st of this year.

Governor Gavin Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor with longstanding ties to tech, has come out firmly against the tax proposal, telling The New York Times he's been working behind the scenes against it.

It has attracted some support from the left.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and California Congressman Ro Khanna have backed it, as have some Democratic-aligned unions.

But Libby told us most local lawmakers have avoided offering their support so far.

One CEO who appears relaxed is NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, who Forbes estimates is worth over $160 billion.

Talking to Bloomberg, he said he hadn't given it any thought.