Overview
- DHS and USCIS report that checks of about 49.5 million voter registrations produced roughly 10,000 potential noncitizen matches, or about 0.02%, which were referred to Homeland Security Investigations.
- Officials have not said how many of the flagged registrants actually voted.
- Local election administrators have identified false positives in the DHS tool’s results, including a Florida county that saw 15 flags out of 176,000 records, with some later confirmed as citizens.
- The SAVE system, originally built for benefits and licensing verification, was expanded to accept bulk voter-roll uploads and Social Security data, with at least 14 Republican-led states opting in and many Democratic officials declining over reliability and privacy concerns.
- Legal battles continue as federal courts block parts of Trump’s proof-of-citizenship order for the federal registration form and the Justice Department presses lawsuits to obtain voting data from more than 20 states.