Noncitizens on State Voter Rolls
This section covers two declassified/unclassified Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents dated mid-2026 concerning noncitizens on state voter rolls and threats to statewide voter registration databases. The first is a DHS summary asserting that over 250,000 non-citizens are illegally registered to vote across four states reviewed to date, and contrasting those states with "proactive" states using the enhanced SAVE system. The second is a July 2026 DHS report on foreign and domestic threats to Statewide Voter Registration Databases (VRDB), including an asserted China breach prior to the 2020 election, a decade-long history of breach incidents, avenues for data exploitation, and recommended mitigations. Both documents are attributed to DHS and reflect its stated positions; claims below are recorded as asserted in the source text. OCR errors are present and are flagged where the text is unclear.
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Over 250,000 non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in just four states, and DHS has identified over 28,000 non-citizens who illegally registered through the SAVE system, indicating widespread voter registration fraud.
Foreign adversaries, including China and Russia, have successfully breached voter registration systems in multiple states, stealing sensitive data that can be used to request fraudulent absentee ballots.
A massive background check firm data breach in 2024 exposed 2.9 billion records with PII of 170 million individuals, providing tools to exploit voter verification systems and facilitate voter fraud.
DHS investigations into non-citizen voting are expanding to multiple states, and the agency warns that activist court orders have suspended enhancements to the SAVE system, risking dilution of US citizens' votes.
Breached voter registration data 'does not get stale' and can be used years later to request absentee ballots, posing a persistent threat to election integrity.