Welfare Agency Voter Registration Could Allow Noncitizens onto Voter Rolls

Have thousands of noncitizens illegally voted in America’s elections?

The Trump administration announced last week that it’s investigating at least that many allegations of noncitizen voting fraud. The news was met with the usual media roll-of-the-eyes, based on the assumption that election fraud simply isn’t committed, whether by illegal aliens, green card holders, or anyone else. But such fraud clearly does happen. For example, the deep-blue state of New Jersey recently found 6,600 noncitizens on its voter rolls, about 400 of whom cast ballots. And that’s just in a single state.

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Have thousands of noncitizens illegally voted in America’s elections?

The Trump administration announced last week that it’s investigating at least that many allegations of noncitizen voting fraud. The news was met with the usual media roll-of-the-eyes, based on the assumption that election fraud simply isn’t committed, whether by illegal aliens, green card holders, or anyone else. But such fraud clearly does happen. For example, the deep-blue state of New Jersey recently found 6,600 noncitizens on its voter rolls, about 400 of whom cast ballots. And that’s just in a single state.