J. Christian Adams said that hundreds of people have marked on their forms, “Hello, I’m not a citizen,” and yet they are still able to register to vote.

Non-citizens were added to the voter rolls of several states, largely by motor vehicle departments. This happened even after these people had explained that they weren’t U.S. Citizens.

Since the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, states have discovered non-citizens in their voter rolls. Many of these were added by motor vehicle departments through the “motor voting” process. Illegally registering to vote could prevent non-citizens from becoming naturalized citizens.

A group that monitors election integrity has been examining state voter rolls for many years. They have found that there are many non-citizens registered to vote in the United States.

Pennsylvania

J. Christian Adams of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, President of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC), stated on a special Just the News report to be aired by The Association of Mature American Citizens Tuesday that non-citizens have been registered to vote for decades in Pennsylvania.

Adams explained that PennDOT had admitted to registering noncitizens since the early 1990s. They called it a “glitch”. “We use the National Voter Registration Act in order to get records on how serious the problem was and how it was fixed, or allegedly resolved, but they have been stonewalling for seven years.”

He said that PILF made oral arguments in Philadelphia before the Third Circuit Federal Court of Appeals earlier this month to defend their win. Pennsylvania will eventually have to release the records.

Al Schmidt, the Republican Secretary of State of Pennsylvania, who at that time was also a Philadelphia City Commissioner, testified to a Pennsylvania Senate Committee in 2017 that there were more than 100,000 matches between voter registration records and state driver’s licence numbers, as well as Immigration and Naturalization Service indicators.

Schmidt said that the matches do not mean all those people are registered to vote. “We’re talking about a significant number.” “We’re talking about thousands and tens or thousands of people who could be very important.”

In September 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of State reported that 1,160 noncitizens had requested to have their voter registrations canceled since 1972.

California

In California, PILF has filed a federal suit in February against Alameda County Registrar of Voters, alleging that they violated the NVRA because they failed to disclose records of foreigners registering and voting in the county for over 20 years.

Adams noted that non-citizens were placed on voter lists by motor vehicle departments who lied about their citizenship.

“We’ve gathered over the years data on the ways non-citizens gain entry, and the main way is by lying in the motor voting process. Adams said that this includes those with green cards and people who are here legally.

According to our data, 90%, 95% of people who register to vote are legal residents. They get sucked in through DMV or motor voter and are registered to vote this way.

Non-citizens can sometimes still be added to state voter rolls, despite stating their citizenship status.

Adams explained that people are registered to vote if they state on their voter registration forms that they do not qualify as citizens.

He explained, “We have hundreds of cases where people mark the form ‘hello not a citizen’, and yet they are still registered to vote.”

PILF obtained voter registration forms in New Jersey and San Diego County (California) that showed non-citizens who declared their lack U.S. citizenry but were still registered.

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Lauren Bis, PILF Director of Communications and Engagement told Just the News that in February, most non-citizens self-reported voting, as they are required to do so during the naturalization process for becoming a U.S. Citizen.

Adams told the TV show “Just the News, No Noise,” that third-party registration drives run by nonprofits are the second most common method for non-citizens.

Non-citizens may vote in local elections in California, Maryland, Vermont, Washington, D.C., and other municipalities.

This year, thousands of non-citizens were discovered on the voter rolls. Alabama, Arizona Colorado, Florida Louisiana, North Dakota and Ohio all have language in their constitutions prohibiting non-citizens from voting. In the meantime, Iowa, Idaho Kentucky, Missouri North Carolina, Oklahoma South Carolina and Wisconsin have all put up ballot measures that voters can decide on in November’s general election if non-citizens are prohibited from voting.

Arizona

Arizona Secretary of state Adrian Fontes said on Tuesday that nearly 100,000 voters had been incorrectly registered as having provided proof of U.S. Citizenship, when they hadn’t.

Votebeat reported that Fontes explained there was an error that occurred in the state systems which labeled approximately 97,000 voters as having proof of U.S. Citizenship. The Motor Vehicle Division provided the state’s voter-registration system with information about driver’s licences, and an error occurred during that process. The affected voters first obtained Arizona drivers licenses before October 1997 and were issued replacements. They then registered to vote after 2004.

He noted that the error had been occurring for over 20 years, during four administrations. A Maricopa County employee discovered it when he found a voter registered who didn’t have proof of U.S. Citizenship, but who was listed on both federal and state ballots as being able to vote. Fontes stated that the voter was in possession of a greencard but had never cast a vote.

Texas

Greg Abbott (R) announced that more than 1 million ineligible voters have been removed from voter rolls since 2021. Greg Abbott (R), announced that since 2021, more than one million ineligible voter names have been removed. More than 6,500 of those were non-citizens, and approximately 1,930 had voted. Secretary of State’s Office is in the process to send the records of these 1,930 voters to the Attorney General’s Office for investigation.

Ohio

After a review of the Ohio voter rolls by his office, Frank LaRose, Ohio’s Secretary of State (R), directed all 88 counties in Ohio to begin a process to remove non-citizens.