Questions Raised Over Federal Claims of Noncitizens on Voter Rolls

State election officials are concerned that unverified federal claims about voter rolls could be used to justify law enforcement actions that might disrupt or delay the counting of ballots in the upcoming midterm elections.

• •DHS claims to have identified over 250,000 potential non-U.S. citizens on voter rolls in California, Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
• •DHS reports that 118,003 of these individuals matched a non-citizen record in federal files using name, date of birth, address, and Social Security number.
• •State election officials have not been provided with the methodology or the specific names of the voters identified by DHS.
• •DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has threatened prison time for state election officials who do not cooperate with federal election security efforts.
• •A federal judge in Washington, D.C., halted the use of the DHS 'SAVE' citizenship look-up tool in late June, citing inaccuracies.
• •The Department of Justice has previously sued multiple states to obtain voter rolls containing partial Social Security and driver's license numbers, but many of these suits have been dismissed.
• •Election officials expressed concern that these claims could be used to obtain warrants to seize ballots or interfere with vote counting after the election.
• •DHS has requested that states respond to their allegations by Thursday.
• •New Jersey recently disclosed it found thousands of non-citizens on its rolls due to a software glitch.