Election officials in California have been registering 'self-confessed' noncitizens to vote: report

A recent report from the Public Interest Legal Foundation states that election officials in Alameda County, California, have been approving applications of noncitizens to vote. 

According to records obtained by the foundation, election officials registered foreign nationals from China and other countries to vote despite their admitting that they were not citizens of the U.S. 

The data obtained by the legal group showed that the earliest known year of an illegal migrant being approved to vote in the county was 2004. 

There have been 54 total disclosed cancellations for noncitizens being able to vote.

“States should enact safeguards against noncitizens registering and voting,” PILF President J. Christian Adams said in an emailed statement. 

“These records show incompetence by election officials. When someone admits they are not a U.S. citizen, they should never be registered to vote," he continued. "California has the resources and data to better verify citizenship in voter registration if only Governor Newsom had a willingness to act.”