Battleground State Will Allow Noncitizens to Vote Via Loophole

The battleground state’s 2023 policy resurfaced right before the end of the election year because people were concerned that it could be used to interfere in the upcoming election.

Josh Shapiro, D–Pa., was criticized in September 2023 when he announced that the state had implemented automatic voter registration for “eligible Commonwealth residents obtaining driver’s licenses and ID cards at Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) driver and photo license centers.” Before the switch to automatic voter registration, the state offered people getting a driver’s license an option to register to vote.

The news source added that the audit will also “determine whether PennDOT’s Motor Voter interface files sent to the Pennsylvania Department of State properly excluded non-citizens.”

According to a Right-to-Know request response obtained by Heather Honey, executive director of the Election Research Institute and co-founder of Verity Vote, at least 628,234 noncitizens in the state have either a driver’s license or a non-driver’s license photo identification.

According to the letter, the audit will examine the automatic voter registration system between Jan. 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024, specifically examining the program’s implementation, its compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and its relationship to the state election code.

Even if a noncitizen doesn’t plan to break the law by voting in the United States election, there is still a problem: a language barrier.

Those who opposed the decision stated that people who are not eligible to vote, like those who are not American citizens, would be able not to opt-out and would be registered to vote anyway. 

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