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Trump DHS using unverified figures to attack election officials on non-citizen voting
CNN • • general
Key Points:
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reiterated claims that hundreds of thousands of non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in key battleground states, citing a DHS review, though the agency acknowledges these figures are unverified.
- DHS letters to states like Pennsylvania request collaboration on identity verification but note the numbers are preliminary and require further investigation.
- The Trump administration is pressuring states to provide sensitive voter data for DOJ audits, facing legal challenges and resistance from election officials concerned about misuse of the data to undermine election legitimacy.
- The SAVE system used by DHS to flag potential non-citizen voters is known for overestimating numbers, and states emphasize that flagged individuals are not confirmed non-citizens, with many cases still under review.
- Election officials across party lines have dismissed the administration’s claims as speculative and stressed the rarity of non-citizen voting, calling for transparency on DHS’s methodology to validate any allegations.
