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The Facts On Noncitizen Voting
Noncitizens voting has gained more traction as a conservative talking point in 2024.
Mary Howard-Elley didn’t pay attention to Gov. Greg Abbott’s noncitizen voting claims — until she learned they affected her
Twenty years into the program, millions of Americans still don’t have the right ID to board a plane. If similar dysfunction plays out in our elections, the stakes are much higher than a missed flight.
GOP lawmakers nationwide are pushing to require voters to show documentation of their citizenship, such as birth certificates.
A look at key questions about the legality and logistics of the president’s proposal.
The program does not share case information with other agencies, a U.S. CIS official says: ‘We don’t refer a noncitizen to ICE.’
What is the U.S. doing with uploaded records? And how is the state handling search results? Lawmakers and watchdogs push the Department of Homeland Security for more transparency.
A flurry of letters seek access to voter rolls and details on registration procedures, in support of Trump’s directives.
Attorney General Ken Paxton says the cases involve more than 100 voters, mostly in Harris County.
Parts of Trump’s executive order on elections blocked by a federal court
Justice Department letters cite Wisconsin’s handling of complaints, Arizona’s identification checks as violations of Help America Vote Act.
Jane Nelson said the state used new access to a federal database to screen names. The number is a tiny fraction of the roughly 11.3 million Texans who cast ballots in the November 2024 election.
Twenty years into the program, millions of Americans still don’t have the right ID to board a plane. If similar dysfunction plays out in our elections, the stakes are much higher than a missed flight.
Election officials had warned that the bill would be tough to implement