Despite grand claims, a new report shows noncitizen voting hasn't materialized
Source: NPR
July 30, 2025 5:00 AM ET
After President Trump and many other Republicans warned that vast numbers of non-U.S. citizens would influence last year's election, states and law enforcement have devoted more resources than ever before to root out those ineligible voters.
More than six months into Trump's second term, they haven't found much.
New research out Wednesday tracking state government efforts across the country confirms what election experts have said all along: Noncitizen voting occasionally happens but in minuscule numbers, and not in any coordinated way.
"Noncitizens are not a large threat to our election system currently," said David Becker, the executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), which conducted the research. "Even states that are looking everywhere to try to amplify the numbers of noncitizens
when they actually look, they find a surprisingly, shockingly small number."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5462836/noncitizen-voting-trump-ceir-review
Link to Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) REPORT - Review of Allegations of Noncitizen Registrants and Voters
It's not "shocking". It's the reality that continues to underscore that the GOP has manufactured a talking point that is pure fiction, just like all the rest of the "election fraud" crap that they spew.

maxsolomon
(36,978 posts)That it be repeated, that the story entered the consciousness of "Independent" voters who put Krasnov back in the White House.
The small number isn't "shocking", except to gullible fools.
Blackjackdavey
(231 posts)It isn't a lie that fooled anyone to do anything. It is coded racism that justifies doing any thing. In fact, I would argue that if anyone genuinely believed the lie they were fertile territory to begin with because of preexisting biases if not out right racism.
JustAnotherGen
(35,989 posts)But they'll stir the pot with the lie again in November 2026. The magapub rubes fall for their schtick every time.
hadEnuf
(3,324 posts)They are almost the opposite of every word they say. Every accusation is a confession.
patphil
(8,111 posts)Like voting more than once, or filling out an absentee ballot for someone other than yourself, or purposely discarding, or mishandling mailed in votes.
The real heavy duty fraud stuff is done at the government level in terms of voter suppression, and gerrymandering districts for one parties advantage.
In actuality, non-citizen voting is just about non-existent.
SpankMe
(3,539 posts)Data and facts don't persuade conservatives to change their minds. In fact, it actually makes them double down on their fantasies.
Karasu
(1,706 posts)Botany
(74,873 posts)about foreigners are voting in our elections or at least trying to vote in our elections. You can
not vote unless youre a registered voter and you can only register to vote if you are a U.S. citizen.
LoisB
(11,185 posts)About as dumb as the people who think the non-citizens are that dumb.