WP: Trump says 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls. Experts say that’s wrong
Election experts said the administration’s figure is overstated and unsupported, noting reviews have found noncitizen voting remains extremely rare.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump claimed the Department of Homeland Security found approximately 278,000 noncitizens registered to vote in federal elections, asserting the figure likely understates the problem because several states withheld their voter rolls.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday that 250,000 alleged registrations came from a review of public voting data in four states that refused to cooperate. Officials identified another 28,000 noncitizens using the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database.
- Election experts rejected the administration's figures as an "irresponsible number" generated using a "shoddy methodology." Studies in Kansas, Georgia, and Minnesota documented only 39, 20, and three noncitizens voting respectively over decades.
- Following the address, Mullin threatened to withhold federal funding and pursue legal action against states refusing voter rolls. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt countered that state rolls are well-maintained and all voters must verify their identity.
- The Department of Justice has lost all 15 legal challenges decided to date regarding access to unredacted state voter rolls. Meanwhile, the administration continues pushing the Save America Act in Congress, though Republicans and Democrats are not advancing it.
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Trump says 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls. Experts say that’s wrong
President Donald Trump used his prime-time address Thursday to amplify an exaggerated claim that noncitizens are registering to vote en masse, threatening to undermine the nation’s secure elections.
The Trump administration maintains its argument that thousands of immigrants without papers or temporary visas participate in elections
POLITICS: California should open its voter rolls
President Trump opened a new front in the election integrity debate Thursday night, saying the Department of Homeland Security had found “approximately 278,000 non-citizens who are registered to vote in federal elections.” California was one of four states he specifically named. Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately rejected the claim. Fine. Then prove it. President Trump opened a new front in the election integrity debate Thursday night, saying the Dep…
If California has nothing to hide, it will open the voter rolls
President Trump opened a new front in the election integrity debate Thursday night, saying the Department of Homeland Security had found "approximately 278,000 non-citizens who are registered to vote in federal elections." California was one of four states he specifically named.
Trump says 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls. Here's what experts say
President Donald Trump used his prime-time address Thursday to amplify an exaggerated claim that noncitizens are registering to vote en masse, threatening to undermine the nation’s secure elections.
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