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Trump officials touted a voter fraud bombshell. Their data hasn’t proved it
The Department of Homeland Security claimed 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada's voter rolls, but officials admitted in a meeting that only 185 have been manually confirmed as ineligible.
President Donald Trump promoted findings of 250,000 noncitizens registered in four states as evidence of election vulnerability, supporting the administration's push for the SAVE America Act.
During a meeting with state officials, Kimberley Vogt, the DHS fraud division leader, acknowledged the 15,000 figure remained unvetted; the department sent 6,200 "higher confidence matches" for investigation.
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar criticized the data as "preliminary" and insufficient for verification, stating his office will not risk disenfranchising eligible voters without higher confidence.
Earlier this week, the Census Bureau released a report claiming 24,000 noncitizens voted in the 2020 election, though experts criticized its methodology, lack of transparency, and potential political bias.
The Trump administration reported that 250,000 non-citizens were identified on voter rolls in four states. However, CNN found that a detailed analysis of data from Nevada does not confirm the scale of the problem. Of the nearly 16,000 individuals identified there, officials verified 185 cases.