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DHS may have violated state election law, Virginia's AG says after whistleblower report
PBS • • nation
Key Points:
- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of potentially violating state laws by misrepresenting themselves on voter lookup tools to identify noncitizen voters without permission.
- Jones demanded DHS confirm whether it accessed Virginia voters' information without consent and emphasized that state law prohibits sharing such data with the federal government without a court order.
- The allegations stem from a whistleblower report revealing DHS staff were trained and instructed to review voter records quickly to identify "unlawful voters," with a target of examining 40 individuals per day.
- The controversy arises amid claims by the Trump administration that noncitizen voting poses a significant fraud risk, despite research indicating such occurrences are extremely rare.
- The Justice Department has sued to obtain detailed voter data from multiple states but has not yet succeeded in these efforts.
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