Reports

Election Officials Are Registering Self-Confessed Foreign Nationals to Vote in Oakland

October 2024 – Imagine you are a county voter registrar. You receive a voter application containing the following: a full name you do not commonly see; a foreign birthplace; and a checkbox indicating that the applicant is not a U.S. citizen. Do you approve that...

47 Tied, Close Elections Have Already Happened in 2024

OCTOBER 2024 – The Public Interest Legal Foundation’s tally of tied and close vote elections continued to grow in 2024. Throughout the nation, thousands of elections have already occurred this year and some are producing close results. Tied and close elections used to...

Does Boston Have the Fix for Foreign Nationals Voting in U.S. Elections?

May 2024 – Boston probably doesn’t come to mind when cataloging places that have effective removal of aliens from voter rolls. But the longstanding requirement for an annual census taking (including questions about citizenship status) is used today to update local...
Motor Voter at 30: North Carolina’s Noncitizen Problem

Motor Voter at 30: North Carolina’s Noncitizen Problem

Motor Voter is the Cause & Barrier to Stopping Noncitizen Voting June 2023 -- After 30 years under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) or “Motor Voter,” the unintended consequences of the law are clear in North Carolina: it has never been easier to register...

Chicago Records: 394 Foreign Nationals Removed from Voter Roll

Chicago Records: 394 Foreign Nationals Removed from Voter Roll

Motor Voter at 30: DMVs Putting Foreigners on Voter Rolls May 2023 – Since 2007, Chicago city records show the sporadic removals of 394 foreign nationals from the voter registration roll. From this group, 20 individuals are recorded casting 85 ballots. This is not an...

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