Nevada officials reject DHS noncitizen voter claims, find all 185 names are citizens
Nevada election officials dispute Trump administration's assertion of widespread noncitizen voting, saying DHS provided no evidence.
What to know
- Nevada election officials verified that all 185 names the Trump administration's DHS claimed were noncitizens are actually U.S. citizens according to state records.
- DHS has not provided Nevada with the original list of nearly 16,000 alleged noncitizen voters or sufficient data for independent investigation, despite months of claims.
- Nevada's Democratic Secretary of State accused DHS of using unsupported fraud claims to intimidate election officials; DHS disputed Nevada's characterization but did not provide contradictory evidence.
“Repeating unsupported claims does not make them true.”
Francisco Aguilar, Nevada Secretary of State · HuffPost / New York Times ↗ · Sep 23
Donald Trump U.S. President
Markwayne Mullin Homeland Security SecretaryFrancisco Aguilar Nevada Secretary of State (Democratic)Greg D. Ott Nevada Deputy Attorney General
Department of Homeland Security Federal agency
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DHS disputes Nevada findings, claims rigorous review process
The Department of Homeland Security branded Nevada officials' characterization as false and characterized the 185 names as simply a subset from a rigorous manual review process, but did not directly dispute Nevada's citizenship verification.
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Nevada Secretary of State accuses DHS of intimidation without evidence
Francisco Aguilar, Nevada's Democratic Secretary of State, issued a statement rejecting DHS's claims and characterizing the agency's conduct as intimidation rather than legitimate election security work.
“Our records do not support DHS's claims, and DHS has still not provided evidence to change that. Instead, DHS officials continue their attempts to intimidate election officials into compliance and deter voters with huge claims of fraud with no evidence.”
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Nevada officials confirm all 185 DHS names are U.S. citizens
Nevada election officials verified that all 185 individuals DHS identified as noncitizens were actually U.S. citizens according to state records. Deputy Attorney General Greg D. Ott wrote to DHS that the state records contradicted the claims and DHS provided no supporting evidence.
“As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens. You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise.”
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first by HuffPost, 4d ago
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background
DHS provides Nevada with subset list of 185 alleged noncitizen names — The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada officials it had reviewed some names from the nearly 16,000 and claimed 185 were noncitizens, while admitting during a virtual meeting that it had not completed a full review of the original list.
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Mullin claims 15,903 noncitizens registered to vote in Nevada — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated that nearly 16,000 people in Nevada alone were noncitizens registered to vote, part of broader Trump administration accusations of widespread noncitizen voting affecting Nevada, California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.