Prior to the 2014 midterm elections being held, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) classified over 1,400 voters who had registered as foreigners, according to information acquired by the Public Interest Legal Foundation.
The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, sometimes referred to as “Motor Voter,” made it simpler for states to incorrectly register foreign persons to vote, according to a thorough investigation by PILF researchers.
“It has never been simpler to register to vote, and even non-US citizens are doing so,” according to PILF researchers: “After nearly 30 years under…Motor Voter, the unforeseen repercussions of the legislation are apparent in North Carolina.”
“The NVRA’s requirements make it more challenging to stop and get rid of foreign national registrations. For many years, the public was kept in the dark about the entire issue, including the documentation of alien registration.”
Through litigation, PILF was able to access state election data that demonstrated, for instance, that over 10,000 registered voters were flagged by NCSBE employees as suspected foreign nationals before the 2014 midterms.
The other 1,400 registrants were labeled as foreign nationals because they were mostly in possession of green cards, or temporary visas, or were illegal immigrants participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. From there, it was determined that more than 80% of those registered in question were granted naturalization as American citizens.
On election day in 2014, 89 of the remaining registrants who had been highlighted by NCSBE cast their ballots, and 24 of them faced challenges at the polls.
While state election authorities said that the majority of individuals whose registrations were contested asked to be removed from the voter registers, it was later determined with certainty that eleven of those questioned were foreign nationals.
J. Christian Adams, president of the PILF, stated in a statement that “North Carolina’s experience demonstrates how some of the Motor Voter’s outdated provisions have permitted foreign influence in our elections by enabling foreign nationals to become registered to vote.”
“The requirements of the legislation then makes it difficult for election authorities to amend the record. Motor Voter must be updated by Congress. Making sure that the National Voter Registration Act benefits all Americans, particularly those who are still unable to vote, is the finest way to commemorate its 30th anniversary.”
“North Carolina is merely the most recent jurisdiction where PILF researchers have discovered significant problems brought by the Motor Voter.”
In Cook County, Illinois, during the previous 16 years, over 400 foreign nationals were found on voter lists, as Breitbart News disclosed last month. Many individuals added to the county’s voter registers explicitly noted on their registration forms that they were not citizens of the United States, yet they seemed to be registered nevertheless.
