White House pushes removal of non-citizens from voter rolls
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 25 Sept, 10:26 · Archive
The White House is pushing to remove non-citizens from voter rolls ahead of midterm elections.
The White House is pushing to remove non-citizens from voter rolls before the midterm elections. A report found 30,000 non-citizens were mistakenly added to voter rolls since 2000. However, Nevada election officials said the Department of Homeland Security wrongly identified 185 people on the state's rolls as non-citizens when they were actually US citizens.
How it is being reported
- WATCH: Mike Lee explodes on voting error that 'keeps happening' as huge number of noncitizens found on rollsMike Lee railed against noncitizen voting after a report found 30,000 noncitizens were mistakenly added to voter rolls since 2000 across 11 states.Fox News · 25 Sept, 10:00
- Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizensState election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizens The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly identified 185 people on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens, state officials said this week, escalating concerns over the shoddy methodology the government is using to raise fear about non-citizen voting ahead of the midterm elections. In July, Donald Trump gave a speech saying DHS had found a combined 278,000 non-citizens on the rolls in Nevada, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Follow-up letters to each of those…Guardian World · 24 Sept, 23:06
- White House pushes purge of non-citizens from voter rolls ahead of midterms: reportReuters reported this year that as many as 30,000 non-citizens have been erroneously added to voter rolls since 2000.New York Post · 24 Sept, 19:05
In this story: White House · Department of Homeland Security · Nevada · Donald Trump
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