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Thousands Of Foreign Nationals Registered To Vote in Just 13 Cities, Study Finds
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More than 3,000 foreign nationals were listed on voter rolls across 13 sanctuary jurisdictions, according to Public Interest Legal Foundation research released Monday.
The study, which collected data on 13 sanctuary cities and counties in seven different states, discovered that between 2006 and 2018 approximately 3,120 non-U.S. citizens were illegally able to vote in U.S. elections. The breakdown of jurisdictions and foreign voters is as follows:
- Arlington, Virginia — 145 voters
- Chesterfield County, Virginia — 321 voters
- Chicago, Illinois — 232 voters
- DeKalb County, Georgia — 11 voters
- Essex County, New Jersey — 107 voters
- Fairfax County, Virginia — 1,334 voters
- Middlesex County, New Jersey — 346 voters
- New York, New York — 6 voters
- Ocean County, New Jersey — 3 voters
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — 317 voters
- Riverside County, California — 6 voters
- San Diego County, California — 264 voters
- San Francisco County, California — 28 voters
Further trends were uncovered indicating that foreign nationals are frequently compelled to enroll by governmental assistance and voter registration initiatives. Moreover, those foreign nationals routinely remained on the voter rolls unless they self-reported to authorities.
The study cites the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) as a major reason for foreign nationals appearing so frequently on the rolls. The NVRA, commonly known as the “Motor Voter” law, was signed in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton and necessitates that states offer voter registration applications to any person applying for a driver’s license.
“The failures of Motor Voter are clearly visible in sanctuary cities,” Public Interest Legal Foundation President J. Christian Adams said in a statement. “A terrible combination of bad Motor Voter enforcement, increasing chatter over noncitizen voting rights, and simple disregard for immigration law creates an environment for illegal voting.”
President Donald Trump has often claimed that voter fraud is a widespread issue in elections, while Democrats argue against that assertion.
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