Trump administration: Hundreds of Washington state voters may be noncitizens

Federal officials on Monday called on Washington state’s election officials to set aside ballots from over 400 people they say have illegally registered to vote without U.S. citizenship.

The Justice Department (DOJ), in a letter to Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, said it has identified 1,500 votes cast by the more than 400 people in prior elections, the Associated Press reported. The department asked the state to set aside any ballots they might cast in the upcoming midterm elections until state officials can confirm their eligibility to vote.

“For years Washington State has had a mantra: our elections are ‘free, fair, and devoid of fraud.’ But our investigation shows not all of that is true – people who are non-citizens are registered to vote and are voting in our state,” Neil Floyd, the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, wrote in a press release Monday.

Floyd called the over 400 noncitizens identified by the department “only the tip of the........

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