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7 States Uncovered Noncitizen Voter Registrations as SAVE Act Debate Heightens

Just this year, at least seven states identified noncitizens on their voter registration lists. This comes as Congress continues to debate the SAVE America Act, a bill which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

Several states obtained the names of noncitizens by cross-referencing the voter registration list with the federal database known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE. SAVE is maintained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

This week, the Republican National Committee and the New Jersey Republican Party announced that hundreds of noncitizens were discovered on voter rolls after they requested voter lists across 21 New Jersey counties.

Though few noncitizens had voted, the GOP found a noncitizen removed from voter rolls in 2015 who voted in elections in 2000, 2001, and 2005. Another noncitizen voted in a primary election in 2005 and in a municipal election in 2000, Fox News reported.

Most did not vote, and there was evidence that several noncitizens sought to be removed from voter lists, saying they were unknowingly registered to vote.

Last month, the Justice Department announced four separate criminal complaints against noncitizens for allegedly illegally voting in federal elections in New Jersey. The four allegedly falsely certified that they were U.S. citizens on their voter registration forms. The agency’s criminal complaint alleged that the defendants cast at least one vote in federal........

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