Studies Find Negligible Fraud; Republicans Claim 278,000 Noncitizen Voters to Justify Crackdowns
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Truth: Decades of bipartisan audits show confirmed cases of non-citizen voting are vanishingly rare. Spin: Republican lawmakers and right-wing media blast out a new DHS figure—“nearly 278,000 non-citizens on the rolls”—without providing the underlying methodology or noting that many flagged names could be data-entry errors, duplicates, or people who never cast a ballot. Propaganda play: by repeating the big, scary number, they stoke doubt in election integrity, prime the public for strict proof-of-citizenship and ID laws, and shift the burden of justification onto voters of color and naturalized citizens. The tactic combines cherry-picked statistics, fear appeal, and repetition to manufacture a crisis and justify restrictions that disproportionately disenfranchise eligible Americans.
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Truth: Decades of bipartisan audits show confirmed cases of non-citizen voting are vanishingly rare. Spin: Republican lawmakers and right-wing media blast out a new DHS figure—“nearly 278,000 non-citizens on the rolls”—without providing the underlying methodology or noting that many flagged names could be data-entry errors, duplicates, or people who never cast a ballot. Propaganda play: by repeating the big, scary number, they stoke doubt in election integrity, prime the public for strict proof-of-citizenship and ID laws, and shift the burden of justification onto voters of color and naturalized citizens. The tactic combines cherry-picked statistics, fear appeal, and repetition to manufacture a crisis and justify restrictions that disproportionately disenfranchise eligible Americans.
Thousands of Non-Citizens Registered to Vote in New Jersey Due to Software Issue. Fewer than 400 of those who were registered voted, according to a "preliminary analysis," Gov. Mikie Sherrill wrote
More than 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said his agency had identified more than 250,000
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Thousands of Non-Citizens Registered to Vote in New Jersey Due to Software Issue. Fewer than 400 of those who were registered voted, according to a "preliminary analysis," Gov. Mikie Sherrill wrote
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
More than 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey. More than 6,600 non-U.S. citizens were registered to vote in New Jersey in 2023 and 2024 because of a software glitch, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said
Thousands of Non-Citizens Registered to Vote in New Jersey Due to Software Issue. —Kena Betancur—Getty Images Roughly 6,600 non-citizens were accidentally registered on New Jersey vo
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
The 250,000 figure comes from a preliminary DHS review that cross-referenced public state voter rolls with federal immigration databases using broad criteria like names and dates of birth. This method frequently flags legal, naturalized U.S. citizens who simply share a name and birthdate with a noncitizen, or whose citizenship status has not yet been updated in outdated federal databases.
Don't get too excited, folks Just the facts....less than 400 of the 6,600 or 0.06% of the wrongly registered, non citizens actually voted in 2024. And that group included people registered as Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated voters that they were scattered around different parts of the state. This is hardly 'major' and had no effect on any outcomes. Almost 6.7 million votes were cast in NJ in the general election in 2024. Even YOU can do the math, can't you?
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
DHS Identifies Over 250,000 Potential Non-Citizens In Voter Rolls In 4 States. DHS Sec. Mullin warns four states of over 250,000 potential non-citizens on voter rolls, emphasizing election security as
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
The 250,000 figure comes from a preliminary DHS review that cross-referenced public state voter rolls with federal immigration databases using broad criteria like names and dates of birth. This method frequently flags legal, naturalized U.S. citizens who simply share a name and birthdate with a noncitizen, or whose citizenship status has not yet been updated in outdated federal databases.
Trump claims 278,000 noncitizens are on voting rolls. Experts say that’s wrong.. According to Trump and Mullin, about 278,000 noncitizens are unlawfully registered to vote in
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
This post leaves out a lot of important context. First, the 250,000 figure refers to people DHS believes may be non-citizens on voter rolls, not 250,000 people who illegally voted. The administration has not publicly released the full methodology, and election experts have warned that matching voter records with commercial databases can produce many false positives.  Second, the claim uses definitive language (“are illegally registered”) even though DHS’s own letters reportedly described the numbers as preliminary and said there may be as many as those figures.  Finally, history shows why verification matters. Similar large initial lists in states like Florida and Texas were dramatically reduced after records were checked because many people were misidentified or had outdated citizenship information.  If these registrations are confirmed, they should absolutely be removed because only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. But it’s important to distinguish potential matches, registered voters, and people who actually cast illegal ballots—those are three different claims, and the evidence for each is not the same. 
Glitch led to 6.6K noncitizens being registered to vote in New Jersey. Of the 6,600 people erroneously registered to vote, roughly 400 people voted between June 2023 and June 2024
Hmmm, only 400 voted for the first time.....all the ID one would show would not have shown the others that were erroneously registered by a software issue. The State of New Jersey did their due diligence and discovered the error and are dealing with it. Isn't that the way it is supposed to work?
Even if there are more non-citizens on the rolls than previously known, there is still no indication from the documents that there has been a massive uptick in non-citizens actually casting ballots.
Exclusive | DHS finds 278,000 noncitizens registered to vote, Trump expected to.... The shocking number is part of a forthcoming report by the Department of...and what the
The 250,000 figure comes from a preliminary DHS review that cross-referenced public state voter rolls with federal immigration databases using broad criteria like names and dates of birth. This method frequently flags legal, naturalized U.S. citizens who simply share a name and birthdate with a noncitizen, or whose citizenship status has not yet been updated in outdated federal databases.
New Jersey governor says 6,600 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote. Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill blamed a blamed a software error in the state's Motor Vehicle Commission system for 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote. According to a preliminary analysis,
Even if there are more non-citizens on the rolls than previously known, there is still no indication from the documents that there has been a massive uptick in non-citizens actually casting ballots.
Fact: The states don't register non-U.S. citizens.They register U.S. citizens. The states have many processes and procedures in place to maintain accurate voter registration records.
6,600 noncitizens registered to vote after error in New Jersey motor vehicle system, governor says. New Jersey's governor says about 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens were nonetheless registered to vote in the state because of a Motor Vehicle Commission system error
Fact: The states don't register non-U.S. citizens.They register U.S. citizens. The states have many processes and procedures in place to maintain accurate voter registration records.
Yes. According to announcements made today by New Jersey officials, approximately 6,600 noncitizens were mistakenly registered to vote because of a software error in the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s system between June 2023 and June 2024. Some important context: * The individuals reportedly identified themselves as noncitizens when applying for driver’s licenses or state IDs. * Due to the software glitch, they were incorrectly added to the voter rolls despite that information. * State officials said fewer than 400 of those mistakenly registered actually cast ballots. * New Jersey has announced it is removing all of the erroneous registrations, replacing the software vendor, and conducting an investigation into how the error occurred. So, if you’re asking whether New Jersey had over 6,000 ineligible (noncitizen) people on its voter rolls, the current official answer is yes—about 6,600, due to a software error. That is different from saying there were 6,600 intentional fraudulent registrations or 6,600 illegal votes. Officials say the registrations resulted from a system malfunction, and fewer than 400 of those individuals are reported to have voted.
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
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Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
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Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Fact - check : Trump admin count of 250 , 000 noncitizens on voter rolls
Non-citizens registered to vote in NJ after software glitch: Gov. Sherrill. Thousands of non-citizen New Jersey residents were registered to vote in a system error between 2023 and 2024, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said. Sherrill said a "serious software error"
More than 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said his agency had identified more than 250,000
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