Natalia Mittelstadt
This month, two states run by Republicans removed hundreds of thousands of registrations from the fate of voters, while others identified hundreds of non-citizen voters while maintaining the list of voters.
In total, the GOP states in Idaho and Missouri took almost 300,000 registration from the election kick after finding inactive, non -eligible or dead voters, in addition to duplicates and voters who moved. Iowa identified almost 300 people who were not citizens on the roller of voters and directed them to the Prosecutor General Iowa.
At federal level support from the White House
President Donald Trump issued an executive order In the case of election integrity last week, offering lend a hand to countries to maintain voter slats. “In order to identify unskilled voters registered in the States: Secretary of Internal Security, in accordance with applicable law, will ensure that officials are also local, without the requirement of the fee, access to relevant systems to verify citizenship or immigration status of persons registered for voting or who are already registered” The executive order reads.
. Orded order that DHS, together with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), “will review the publicly available list of registration of voters and available documentation regarding the maintenance activities of voter list … together with federal immigration databases and reported state documents, including in the case of provision and authorized by law, in order to consume with federal requirements.”
In addition, within three months of orderThe DHS secretary is to provide “general prosecutor full information about all burdened citizens who indicated any immigration form that they registered or voted in federal, state or local elections, and will take all appropriate actions to undergo appropriate state or local electoral officials to such information.”
. executive order It also requires the Prosecutor General to “take appropriate actions in relation to countries that do not meet the requirements for maintaining the list of the National Act on registration of voters and the Act on the help of America.”
Idaho
The secretary of state Idaho Phil McSgane (R) announced on March 19 144 121 registration of voters They were removed from the fate of voters during the two -year review and maintenance of the voter list. The removed registrations concerned inactive voters, non -eligible voters and voters who moved. The previous voters were sent notifications before canceling their registration.
“Ensuring the integrity of our choices begins with the maintenance of accurate voter lamps” McSgane said in a statement. “Thanks to the hard work of our clergy officials and our cooperation with state and federal agencies, Idaho still manages the protection of our choices. We commit ourselves to ensure that only qualifying voters are at our throws and we take every step necessary to make it happen.”
In July, the governor of Idaho Brad Little (R) issued an executive order to ensure Only US citizens They are on the rollers of voters who have started review and verification of registered voters.
Iowa
March 20 Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate (R) announced that 277 non-citizen people have been confirmed that they were on the roles of voters, after gaining access to the systematic verification of a foreign internal security department (DHS) for permissions (SAVE). Of the 277 people who were not citizens, 35 of them cast voting in the November election, and five tried to vote, but their voting cards were rejected.
Pate sent the proposed legislation to Iowa legislation, which would require citizenship verification when people register to vote.
“The federal government has reviewed our data and verified the status of citizenship, but refused to share who the uncommon are” Pate said in a statement with an advertisement. “Only eligible voters from Iów should participate in the elections in Iowa. We cooperate with legislative in Iowa over solutions to verify citizenship in registration, and not as voting cards, and we are convinced that both chambers recognize the importance of this legislation. Our proposed solutions will be crucial in the following steps in the following steps in some steps in some sustainable participation of voters with election integration.”
In relation to whether non -citizens were removed from voters’ rolls, said the Pate office Only a message On Wednesday, “277 people who were not citizens were handed over to the Prosecutor General in Iów and the Department of Public Security in Iowa for the next steps.” In December, the Prosecutor General Iowa and Secretary of State defendant The then secretary of DHS, Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS, then director of UR Jaddou and tightening for the alleged refusal to inform about how many non-levy there were on the buildings of Iów voters. . thing He is ongoing.
“Maintaining the integrity of elections is a team sport and we need the cooperation of many agencies, including the federal government” Pate said in a statement. “We hope that between our legislative proposals and this lawsuit we will have the tools we need to verify the eligibility of voters during voter registration processes, allowing us to provide us in the future, only authorized voters from Iów participate in Iowa elections.”
When asked by Only a message About whether the lawsuit will be abandoned in accordance with the executive order, the Pate office said: “Our goal is to receive the best information that will help us maintain the integrity of the election Iowa. At the moment we have no plans to abandon the claim. We will pay special attention to the implementation of the executive order and check the question if necessary.”
Missouri
Secretary of State Missouri Denny Hoskins (R) announced On March 14, his state removed 18,637 dead voters from Rolls Missouri from January 13.
State law requires Poviat officials and local election authorities to examine their fate of voters for people who moved, died or can no longer vote. “In Missouri, we take action – not just consisting of promises – when it comes to the integrity of elections” Hoskins said in a statement. “By working with local election officials, we removed outdated registrations, strengthening trust in our choices and making sure that every cast of voting is justified.”
Missouri also removed 75 duplicates of registration, 1,864 disqualified registered voters (recognized incapacitated or criminals), 133,520 inactive voters, 2,583 voters who moved, and 282 voters who asked to remove the state from the fate.
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Natalia Mittelstadt is a reporter only in news.
Photo “election day” by Keith Jenkins CCNC2.0.
