DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated
The Department of Homeland Security has admitted that its claims regarding hundreds of thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls were significantly inflated. Despite pressure from the Trump administration, state election officials have not received evidence to support the initial allegations of widespread illegal voting.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing tensions regarding election integrity and the accuracy of federal claims versus state-level election administration.
In a call with Nevada state election officials earlier this month, the Trump administration's point person on noncitizen voting insisted her team was working "in good faith."
"We are an open book here," said Heather Honey, an official at the Department of Homeland Security, who previously worked to push election falsehoods before her current post. "We are acting in very good faith. And we just want to help you."
But more than a month after President Trump touted in a primetime address that his administration had found more than 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls of Nevada and just three other states, those states are still asking for proof or even a complete list of the voters federal officials say should be investigated.
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