Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why

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Former President Donald Trump is turning to one of his favorite themes, the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections.

Ed Hummel fills out his ballot at a polling site in Manhattan, New York, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. New York is among four states casting their ballots in the 2024 presidential primary; both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump already have enough delegates to secure their parties' nominations. turned to one of his favorite themes on Friday — the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections.

Johnson tried to address this, saying that “we cannot wait for widespread fraud to occur.” But one prior crackdown on purported noncitizen voting also risked striking thousands of actual citizens from the voting rolls. One reason Democrats are wary is that when Texas tried to root out noncitizen voters in 2019, the effort ended up wrongly flagging tens of thousands of U.S. citizens as being ineligible to vote. A federal judge blocked Texas from carrying out the law and the then-secretary of state resigned.

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