California Democrats are under fire after revealing that the state does not track noncitizens on its voter rolls, raising serious questions about compliance with federal standards.
The disclosure comes alongside findings from a Department of Homeland Security review that flagged roughly 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote across California, triggering calls for immediate roll cleanups.
“According to a DHS review of state voter rolls and public records, they identified approximately 278,000 non-citizens who are registered to vote in federal elections,” the White House stated. “Since Democrat states refused to share their voter files, the real number is actually much higher — yet even this limited analysis found more than a quarter of a million foreigners illegally registered to vote. Put together, these disclosures reveal an election system so broken and vulnerable that no one can possibly defend it.”
Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice, reported that his organization submitted public records requests seeking details on state efforts to safeguard voter rolls. The California Secretary of State’s Office responded that its central registration system does not maintain a specific category or reason for cancelations based on non-citizenship.
State officials noted that applicants must sign a document of eligibility under penalty of perjury when registering. But without serious tracking of potential noncitizen removals, it is difficult to see if those safeguards are working.
A different inquiry directed to the California Department of Justice about procedures for investigating referrals of possible illegal voting left some unanswered questions. California DOJ officials reported having no formal written policy listing standard procedures for managing or processing those referrals once they got them.
“California’s own Department of Justice — the agency charged with enforcing the state’s election laws — has no written policy for what happens when someone reports illegal voting. Not redacted. Not withheld. Nonexistent,” Sekulow wrote.
The National Voter Registration Act requires states to maintain and make publicly available their efforts to ensure roll accuracy for at least two years. A real problem is that driver’s licenses issued in California under state programs like AB 60, which don’t require proof of legal presence, can be used for personal identification.
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