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EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Findings Add to Growing Concerns Over Noncitizen Voting

A Kentucky lawmaker found at least 159 noncitizens have voted in the state and said the U.S. Justice Department may bring prosecutions. The findings come as President Donald Trump has raised concern about the number of noncitizens on state voter rolls.

State Rep. John Hodgson, vice chairman of the House Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs, wants to see state and federal prosecutors act more swiftly to prosecute illegal voting by noncitizens.

“My bottom line issue is that if even one noncitizen cast a vote in Kentucky, they need to be prosecuted,” Hodgson told the Daily Signal. “We have had elections won and lost by a single vote in the Kentucky House, and many by less than 10 votes.”

Noncitizen voting is a Class D felony in Kentucky and, if attempted in federal elections, is a federal crime under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

According to the Kentucky State Board of Elections’ statistics, the state has removed 379 noncitizens from its voter rolls since October 2024, including those with voting histories.

Kentucky has about 3.35 million registered voters statewide, but some legislative races have been decided by only several votes. In 2018, a state House race was decided by just one vote, while two other state House races were decided by five and six votes, respectively. A 2024........

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