Election workers process vote-by-mail ballots at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on Nov. 5. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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In the weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration escalated its hunt for voter fraud and its pressure on election officials — especially in California — to crack down on illegal voting by non-U.S. citizens.

Now, with Election Day come and gone, election officials and civil rights attorneys are preparing for the administration to continue its search for noncitizens on state voter rolls, as well as what they see as intimidation tactics toward election officials.

"It's clear that there is this drive to try to conjure up facts that just don't exist. I don't think that's going to change," James Williams, county executive for California's Santa Clara County, told NPR.…