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Electoral fraud in the United States

July 15th version just before JSwift49 started editing --> August 31st version just before Superb Owl started editing --> current version. A couple requests for Wikipedia:Third opinion mediation have been ignored. Below are some ongoing issues

Voter roll maintenance

Controversial voter roll management efforts

[1]

Noncitizen voter roll management

Tennessee backed down from threats to remove voters from the rolls for allegedly being noncitizens after a lawsuit was filed.[2]

Voter roll maintenance efforts

  • How many were stopped by lawsuits?
  • What percentage of citizens are removed vs. noncitizens?

Jury duty

Issues with using as evidence of noncitizen voting

  • Outdated[3]
  • People check it by accident
  • People check it when citizens to try and get out of jury duty
  • Examples
    • 2012 florida
      • Of 100 people excused for being noncitizens, 35 were confirmed to have documentary proof of citizenship (no follow-up on the others by NBC) - Election Meltdown by Richard L. Hasen

Misc. edits to address

'According to experts'

Consensus depends on what @[[User:Gowser]] thinks, and Gowser was the one that initially suggested this change, which I came around on creating the new consensus. I will investigate the citations you referenced. And you are right, some of the citations do not use 'extremely rare', there's a whole spectrum including infinitesimal and statistically zero

Court cases

In the 2018 Fish v. Kobach case, U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson ruled that Kansas' proof of citizenship law was unconstitutional, in part because the state did not demonstrate that any meaningful illegal noncitizen voting occurred and that 31,089 citizens without the right documentation had their voter registration cancelled or suspended.[34][35][36][37] In a 2023 case in Arizona, U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton struck down the documentary proof of citizenship requirement along similar lines but upheld some provisions, citing as credible disputed and unverified estimates of 2022 noncitizen voting rates.[38][39]

Election Integrity Partnership

By 2023, Meta, YouTube and X rolled back efforts to label or remove lies about election fraud.[40][41] As of September 2024, the Heritage Foundation, among other groups, were spreading election misinformation about noncitizen voting, with one debunked video getting over 56 million views on X.[42] Some researchers and groups studying and combatting election misinformation and disinformation, such as those at the Election Integrity Partnership, were scaled back or shut down by 2024 as a result of lawsuits (which were succesfully defended though at significant expense), subpoenas, document requests, threats and online harassment.[43][44][45][46][47][48]

By foreign adversaries

Documentary Proof of Citizenship Chart

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Richman 2014 (talk page discussion started)

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California

Discussion of citizenship checks in Georgia - how they work, etc.

Add citation to sentence about efforts being disputed:[49]

Petition fraud and other types of alleged fraud

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Challenging as a type of voter fraud

Add citations?

Provable debate (non-citizen voting section)

JSwift49 deleted 'provable' for a second time and a third time and Jc3s5h reverted after citing personal experience that he does not believe it is easy here

We now have 4 sources (2-3 WP:RS) saying that identifying or catching noncitizen voting is easy. I have tried to include but JSwift49 and Jc3s5h have voted them all down for reasons I still can't understand. Does anyone else want to weigh-in on these?

CNN

Noncitizen voting, according to nonpartisan election experts, is quickly caught.[50]

Brennan Center

The Brennan Center argued in 2017 that detection of noncitizen voting is "very easy" because there are records of who casts a ballot.[51]

"'Well, the thing is, we actually do have the numbers, and we know that noncitizens don’t vote illegally in detectable numbers, let alone in large numbers,' said Eliza Sweren-Becker, a senior counsel in the Voting Rights & Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, pointing to a study reviewing data from 42 different jurisdictions.

"The Brennan Center study from the 2016 general election showed an estimated 30 incidents of suspected — not confirmed — noncitizen votes out of 23.5 million, which is 0.0001 percent of the votes cast. So the Speaker’s intuition is incorrect,” she told The Hill."[52]

The Hill

"Unlike other crimes where it can be difficult to sort out the culprit, voter registration and casting a ballot creates the paper trail that is itself the crime."[52]

The Associated Press

Full quote

"Republicans who have been vocal about voting by those who are not citizens have demurred when asked for evidence that it’s a problem. Last week, during a news conference on his federal legislation to require proof of citizenship during voter registration, House Speaker Mike Johnson couldn’t provide examples of the crime happening.

'The answer is that it’s unanswerable,' the Louisiana Republican said in response to a question about whether such people were illegally voting. 'We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections, but it’s not been something that is easily provable.'

Election administration experts say it’s not only provable, but it’s been demonstrated that the number of noncitizens voting in federal elections is infinitesimal."[53]

Proposed most succinct

According to the Associated Press, election administration experts say whether or not non-citizens vote is provable and has been demonstrated to be infinitesimal in federal elections.[53]

Proposed medium

According to the Associated Press, election administration experts say whether or not non-citizens vote is "not only provable, but it's been demonstrated that the number of noncitizens voting in federal elections is infinitesimal."[53]

Proposed longer

Mike Johnson asserted in 2024 “We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections, but it’s not been something that is easily provable.” According to the Associated Press, election administration experts say it is "not only provable, but it's been demonstrated that the number of noncitizens voting in federal elections is infinitesimal."[53]

JSwift49 response

Adding the full quote does not address this specific dispute, because "whether or not non-citizens vote" still remains. It will be removed if it stays until a consensus on the meaning of 'provable' is reached. This isn't a case of undue weight or newer stats preferred it's a case of getting the source right.
Re. my reasoning, I'll try to explain more clearly:
  • Johnson: “We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections, but it’s not been something that is easily provable.”
  • Johnson says that lots of illegals voting is the thing that isn't provable.
  • Election administration experts say it’s not only provable, but it’s been demonstrated that the number of noncitizens voting in federal elections is infinitesimal.
  • Elections administration experts say it's provable and demonstrated that the numbers are small.
That's different from saying it's provable whether or not a non-citizen/non-citizens vote.
The it's in "it's not only provable" can only refer to something in the sentence itself or to the sentence before, and it certainly isn't referring to the sentence before (lots of illegals voting). So we can only associate 'it's provable' with what is described in the sentence itself.

Which types of fraud are easier to prove

Article needs a summary of which types of fraud are easier to discover and punish/prevent

Undue weight

Justin Levitt? Probably not just should note he's quoted in an op-ed...

Glenn Kessler issues

  1. Glenn Kessler articles labeled as 'analysis' (ie a type of op-ed, albeit probably more rigorous)
  2. He is cited a number times (seems like undue weight for one journalist).
  3. He cited the incredibly unreliable JustFacts website neutrally as 'a researcher' that uses Richman's work still
  4. He is the least willing of any journalist in a reputable outlet to qualify Richman's work with all the controversy and debunked counter-studies
  5. His citation is used to justify the focus on:
  • Jesse Richman study being included in the article (Richman is also writes blogs on Monkey Cage at the Washington Post - could explain why some at that paper give less critical coverage of his work)
  • Glenn Kessler in The Washington Post stated there was "scattered evidence" of noncitizen voting and little to support the idea that it ever affected the outcome of a major election, but that the scarcity of evidence "does not necessarily prove that the phenomenon does not happen". He wrote that "if a noncitizen casts a ballot, there is no obvious victim to make a complaint and little public documentation to prove that a voter is not a citizen".[54]
  • "Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University who was skeptical of Richman’s earlier research, said in an email that 'while the CES data here does look to me to be more reliable than Prof. Richman’s prior forays, I’d need some more information before I believed it were reliable.' He also said he would be curious to know how many of the noncitizens who registered in Arizona cast ballots, as turnout could be lower than average."

Deleting context on proof of citizenship laws

Summary of Judge's analysis of Spakovsky/Richman is not precise

Spakovsky: false assertions, testimony was 'lacerated'

Richman: disingenous

Misc.

Most states already use a driver's license or social security number to confirm citizenship.[55]

In Arizona, laws have primarily affected tribal voters and colleges students.[56]


3.8 million Americans do not have documents becaue they were lost, damaged or stolen.[57][58]

21.3 million Americans do not have documents readily available.[57][58] They may be in a safe deposit box at the bank and some older Americans were born outside a hospital.[55]

"About 4% of independents, 2% of Democrats and 1% of Republicans lacked easy access to proof-of-citizenship documents."[56][58][55]

"...this survey also measured if voting-age American citizens have documentary proof of citizenship documents, including a US Birth Certificate, US Passport/US Passport Card, US Naturalization Certificate, and US Certificate of Citizenship. Over 9% of voting-age citizens, or 21.3 million people, cannot readily access documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC), either because they do not have it at all or because they could not access it easily if needed. Just under 2% of voting-age American citizens, or over 3.8 million people, lack ANY form of DPOC. This means 3.8 million voting-age American citizens do not have a birth certificate, passport, naturalization certificate, or a certificate of citizenship. This disproportionately affects marginalized racial and ethnic groups, as 3% of People of Color lack any form of DPOC, compared to 1% of White Americans. Eight percent of White Americans (or over 12.9 million people) and 11% of People of Color (or over 8.4 million people) cannot readily access DPOC. Independents are also more likely to lack DPOC (4%) compared to Democrats (2%) and Republicans (1%). Independents are also more likely to be unable to readily access DPOC (13%, or almost 4.5 million) than Democrats (10%, or just under 9.7 million) and Republicans (7%, or over 7.1 million)"[58]

I worked for years researching the noncitizen issue and found that it occurred very, very, very infrequently

— Al Schmidt, Republican secretary of the commonwealth in Pennsylvania[59]

Voter identification laws in the United States

Citizenship Verification Chart

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References

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    'The answer is that it's unanswerable,' the Louisiana Republican said in response to a question about whether such people were illegally voting. 'We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections, but it's not been something that is easily provable.'
    Election administration experts say it's not only provable, but it's been demonstrated that the number of noncitizens voting in federal elections is infinitesimal.
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  29. ^ Mathur-Ashton, Aneeta (May 24, 2024). "Sorting the Fiction From the Facts About Noncitizen Voting". US News & World Report. While the bills echo a favorite claim from Republicans regarding election fraud, several years of research and data suggest that the problem they attempt to solve up to now has been so rare as to be insignificant.
  30. ^ Parks, Miles (2024-04-12). "Republicans aim to stop noncitizen voting in federal elections. It's already illegal". NPR. Retrieved 2024-04-21. Numerous studies have also confirmed that it almost never happens, but as more conservative voters say immigration is a key issue for them, it's become clearer that election misinformation in 2024 will center on the topic as well.
  31. ^ Lieb, David A. (2024-09-01). "Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election". AP News. Retrieved 2024-09-01. Voting by noncitizens is rare.
  32. ^ Sherman, Amy. "Do states verify citizenship of voters in federal elections?". PolitiFact. Retrieved 2024-09-01. Cases of noncitizens voting are statistically rare. Some noncitizens accidentally end up on voter rolls when applying for drivers' licenses.
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  38. ^ Kessler, Glenn (2024-03-06). "The truth about noncitizen voting in federal elections". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-21. There is scattered evidence of noncitizens voting in federal elections — sometime by mistake (such as erroneously thinking they were eligible while getting a driver's license) but also with nefarious intent ... Given the paucity of evidence of noncitizen voting, many election researchers have long said that there was little to support the idea that noncitizen voting had ever affected the outcome of a major election. But that does not necessarily prove that the phenomenon does not happen.
  39. ^ Kasprak, Alex (2024-05-26). "'10 to 27%' of Noncitizens in US Are Illegally Registered to Vote?". Snopes. Retrieved 2024-09-13. '[The CES] is not designed to be a sample of noncitizen adults and therefore it is not fit for the purpose of studying that subset of respondents...'There are much better ways to analyze whether noncitizens register to vote,' Schaffner told Snopes. These methods, some of which Richman used in his recent expert reports, involve looking voter rolls and other state records to identify any individuals who appear to be noncitizens. Studies like these, including the Richman expert reports, 'overwhelmingly resulted in finding very few noncitizens registered to vote,' Schaffner told Snopes.
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    Calls to pre-emptively stop voter fraud — which historically is statistically insignificant — recently trended on such platforms, according to Pyrra, a company that monitors threats and misinformation.
    The 'prevalence and acceptance of these narratives is only gaining traction,' even directly influencing electoral policy and legislation, Pyrra found in a case study.
    'These conspiracies are taking root amongst the political elite, who are using these narratives to win public favor while degrading the transparency, checks and balances of the very system they are meant to uphold,' the company's researchers wrote.
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  50. ^ Cohen, Marshall (2024-09-21). "Arizona Supreme Court rules voters caught in proof-of-citizenship glitch can still get 'full ballot,' including state races". CNN. Retrieved 2024-09-25. Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have raised baseless claims that massive numbers of noncitizens have voted in US elections, and Trump used this case to continue his yearslong pattern of using routine mishaps and errors in the voting process to allege widespread fraud. Nonpartisan experts say illegal voting by noncitizens is extremely rare and is quickly caught.
  51. ^ Keith, Douglas; Perez, Myrna; Famighetti, Christopher (May 5, 2017). "Noncitizen Voting: The Missing Millions | Brennan Center for Justice". www.brennancenter.org. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-09-18. High Risk of Detection: Because there are records of who votes, detection is very easy. Voting records can be and are reviewed or compared to lists of ineligible voters to identify anyone ineligible by election administrators, political parties, and activists.
  52. ^ a b Beitsch, Rebecca; Bernal, Rafael (2024-05-12). "Speaker Johnson's 'intuition' on illegal voting clashes with data". The Hill. Retrieved 2024-09-09. Unlike other crimes where it can be difficult to sort out the culprit, voter registration and casting a ballot creates the paper trail that is itself the crime.
    Noncitizens who even register to vote or take another action to falsely claim they are a citizen could face up to five years in prison, and those who cast a ballot could be incarcerated for up to one year.
  53. ^ a b c d "Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging". AP News. 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-09-06. Election administration experts say it's not only provable, but it's been demonstrated that the number of noncitizens voting in federal elections is infinitesimal.
  54. ^ Kessler, Glenn (2024-03-06). "Analysis: The truth about noncitizen voting in federal elections". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-21. There is scattered evidence of noncitizens voting in federal elections — sometime by mistake (such as erroneously thinking they were eligible while getting a driver's license) but also with nefarious intent ... Given the paucity of evidence of noncitizen voting, many election researchers have long said that there was little to support the idea that noncitizen voting had ever affected the outcome of a major election. But that does not necessarily prove that the phenomenon does not happen.
  55. ^ a b c Wang, Hansi Lo (June 11, 2024). "1 in 10 eligible U.S. voters say they can't easily show proof of their citizenship". NPR.
  56. ^ a b Levine, Sam (2024-06-12). "Millions of US voters lack access to documents to prove citizenship". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  57. ^ a b Morris, Kevin; Henry, Cora (June 11, 2024). "Millions of Americans Don't Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available | Brennan Center for Justice". www.brennancenter.org. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  58. ^ a b c d Who Lacks ID in America Today? An Exploration of Voter ID Access, Barriers, and Knowledge (June 2024) "...3.8 million voting-age American citizens do not have a birth certificate, passport, naturalization certificate, or a certificate of citizenship...3% of People of Color lack any form of DPOC, compared to 1% of White Americans. Eight percent of White Americans (or over 12.9 million people) and 11% of People of Color (or over 8.4 million people) cannot readily access DPOC ...Independents are also more likely to be unable to readily access DPOC (13%, or almost 4.5 million) than Democrats (10%, or just under 9.7 million) and Republicans (7%, or over 7.1 million)."
  59. ^ "Battleground state election officials push back against noncitizen voting 'myth'". NBC News. 2024-09-19. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
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