DHS confirms just 185 non-citizens on Nevada voter rolls after claiming there were thousands more
The department told Nevada officials that the 15,903 figure registered was ‘preliminary’ and more than 14,000 names still needed review About a month after alleging Nevada had as many as 16,000 non-citizens on its voter rolls, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials admitted they had confirmed that only 185 were actually non-citizens, according to records obtained by the Guardian. In a…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has admitted their initial claim of 16,000 non-citizens registered to vote in Nevada was preliminary and that only 185 were confirmed non-citizens, according to records obtained by the Guardian. Donald Trump had claimed in a primetime speech that a DHS review found about 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote in four states, including Nevada, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
However, DHS softened that claim, stating it represented a ceiling of potential non-citizens. Experts expressed skepticism over the initial claim, predicting that the ultimate number of confirmed non-citizens would drop significantly. The Department of Homeland Security met with Nevada election officials to discuss the claim, and confirmed that 185 names needed further review.
The department also sent Nevada an additional 6,218 individuals with a "higher confidence match" of them being potential non-citizens. Nevada's Secretary of State, Francisco Aguilar, stated they would not risk disenfranchising eligible voters without the highest confidence of their ineligibility.
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