White House pushes purge of non-citizens from voter rolls ahead of midterms: report

Nypost · Sep 24, 2026 · 670 words · By Josh Christenson

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White House pushes purge of non-citizens from voter rolls ahead of midterms: report See more of our coverage in your search results.

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White House pushes purge of non-citizens from voter rolls ahead of midterms: report See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

The White House wants voter rolls in dozens of states cleaned up ahead of the Nov.

Common ground

3 midterms after tens of thousands of non-citizens were found to have been registered and hundreds to have cast ballots — with dozens now being prosecuted.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that almost every US state has been automatically registering people to vote at DMVs and welfare offices — without demanding proof of citizenship — for decades?
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “almost every US state has been automatically registering people to vote at DMVs and welfare offices — without demanding proof of citizenship — for decades.”

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One source explicitly corroborates the claim that almost every state has been automatically registering people at DMVs/welfare offices without proof of citizenship for decades. Other sources discuss DMV registration generally but do not confirm the 'almost every state' or 'without proof' scope as a broad fact.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A department of motor vehicles (DMV) is a government agency that administers motor vehicle registration and driver licensing. In countries with federal states such as in North America, these agencies …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_motor_vehicles

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. ( PAL-ən-TEER) is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software. Palantir is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and was founded in …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Washington metropolitan area (also referred to as the National Capital Region, Greater Washington, or locally as the DMV, short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) is the metropolita…
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Claim 2: “DHS at times has had to purchase information from data brokers in order to fill in gaps such as a missing birthdate”

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Claim 3: “the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other DHS subagencies, as well as the State Department and Social Security Administration, have been working to match the voter rolls with information from other federal databases.”

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Claim 4: “Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin cited the review in a July letter noting that 190,832 non-citizens may currently be registered to vote in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania.”

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Claim 5: “In total, the DHS review assessed that 278,000 non-citizens were registered to vote nationwide, according to the White House.”

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Claim 6: “On July 21, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill admitted that 6,600 non-citizens were found on Garden State voter rolls and that roughly 400 had illegally cast ballots in elections between June 2023 and June 2024.”

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Multiple sources confirm that NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill announced 6,600 non-citizens were registered due to a software error and that approximately 400 cast ballots.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sherrill stated that 400 non-citizens voted in elections. This is unacceptable and illegal!Mikie Sherrill announced that 6,600 non-U.S. citizens were registered to vote due to a software error. NBC10'…
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/error…

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web search NEUTRAL — In New Jersey, Governor Mikie Sherrill directed the removal of approximately 6,600 noncitizens from voter rolls. This action followed the discovery of a software glitch in a motor vehicle database tha…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/new-jersey-voter-error

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web search NEUTRAL — Non-citizens were registered to vote and some cast ballots. Governor Sherrill needs to explain how this happened, why it went undetected, and what safeguards will be put in place to protect our electi…
https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?Docume…

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Claim 7: “The Department of Homeland Security obtained voter rolls from at least 47 states for review under the Trump administration’s “Unlawful Voter Initiative,” Reuters reported Thursday”

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Multiple web search results confirm that DHS is reviewing voter rolls from at least 47 states under the 'Unlawful Voter Initiative' driven by the Trump administration.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The second Trump administration has issued executive orders and other presidential directives instituting federal department and agency actions that have impacted election administration by state gove…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_law_and_voting_rights…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, electoral fraud, or voter fraud, involves illegal voting in or manipulation of United States elections. Types of fraud include voter impersonation or in-person voter fraud, mail-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud_in_the_United_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, comparable to interior ministries abroad. Its missions involve anti-te…
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Claim 8: “Prosecutors are also charging non-citizens with having illegally voted in past federal elections, including in critical swing states like Pennsylvania.”

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Multiple sources confirm that non-citizens are being charged with illegal voting in federal elections, with specific mentions of Pennsylvania and the Department of Justice.

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web search NEUTRAL — Prosecutors are also charging non-citizens with having illegally voted in past federal elections, including in critical swing states like Pennsylvania. President Trump has repeatedly claimed that his …
https://nypost.com/2026/09/24/us-news/white-house-pushes-pur…

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web search NEUTRAL — The DOJ said that the charges included illegal voting in federal elections and fraudulently claiming to be U.S. citizens to register to vote.
https://dayton247now.com/news/nation-world/doj-charges-20-no…

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web search NEUTRAL — PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) — Four more noncitizens in Pennsylvania have been charged with illegally voting in the 2024 election, now bringing the total to ten, according to an update from the Department of Ju…
https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/four-noncitizens-in-phila…

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Claim 9: “Federal prosecutors have charged at least 149 illegal aliens with unlawfully voting in elections since 1996, per Reuters, with 20 of those cases having been filed during Trump’s second term.”

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Claim 10: “Reuters reported that as many as 30,000 non-citizens had been added to voter rolls since 2000 as a result of software glitches and errors stemming from the automatic registration of illegal aliens who apply for state driver’s licenses.”

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Multiple sources explicitly cite a Reuters report stating that up to 30,000 non-citizens were added to voter rolls since 2000 due to software glitches and automatic registration at DMVs.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hands Up is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao from a story written by Jayasudha. It stars Jayasudha, Brahmanandam and Nagendra Babu with Chiranjeevi in a …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hanging Up is a 2000 American comedy drama film about a trio of sisters bonding over their curmudgeon father, with whom none are close. It is directed by Diane Keaton, who also stars alongside Meg Rya…
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Claim 11: “California may have as many as 35,152 non-citizens on its voter rolls, according to a preliminary DHS review first reported by Fox News.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute this claim.

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Claim 12: “President Trump... pushed an executive action to tighten mail-in balloting rules, which was blocked by the courts”

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Evidence confirms Trump signed an executive order to tighten mail-in/absentee ballot rules and that these actions were blocked by federal judges and the Supreme Court.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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Claim 13: “Project Civica... has indicated that more than 10,000 non-citizens could be registered to vote in New York.”

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The web search results returned information about Microsoft Project software, not a political or civic organization called 'Project Civica' regarding New York voter rolls.

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web search NEUTRAL — Project Online Professional or Project Online Premium: If you have a subscription to one of the cloud-based solutions of Project you won't see an option to install it unless you have an assigned licen…
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/project/install-project

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web search NEUTRAL — Create a new project file and then get your project going. Set the start date, project title, add tasks, and show the project summary task.
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web search NEUTRAL — Project 2016 is a desktop tool for managing individual projects. Leverage built-in templates, Gantt charts, timelines, out-of-box reports, resource planning, and many other features to help manage you…
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Claim 14: “In a July speech at the White House, Trump also accused China of illegally acquiring voter information on 220 million Americans”

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Two independent web sources confirm Trump's claim that China illegally acquired voter information on 220 million Americans.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States marked the commencement of the first term of Trump as president and the only term of Mike Pence as vice president. An estima…
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