Utah Review Finds No Noncitizen Votes as Lawmakers Weigh Proof-of-Citizenship Rules

Overview

• Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson said her office has found zero instances of noncitizens casting ballots as the statewide review nears completion.
• Roughly 99.5%–99.9% of 2.1 million registrants appear to be citizens, and letters went to 486 voters with incomplete data; 52 have already responded, many with registrations predating stricter ID checks.
• Officials identified one noncitizen who registered but never voted and removed that record, and four earlier noncitizen registrations tied to a programming error were also removed and referred for investigation.
• House Bill 209 advanced from a committee to the full House and would require documentary proof of citizenship for state elections, issuing federal-only ballots to those without qualifying documents such as a Utah driver license, passport, birth certificate, tribal card, or naturalization papers.
• The review cross-checked state ID and Social Security records with DHS’s SAVE program, which cannot confirm noncitizenship, and Henderson cautioned against broad purges that risk disenfranchising eligible voters, citing her own 2022 misflagging.