Despite grand claims, a new report shows noncitizen voting hasn't materialized [View all]

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

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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.