The public policy institute The Heritage Foundation recently released a bombshell video exposing information that an alarming 14 percent of non-citizens and illegal immigrants in Georgia admitted to being registered to vote in the upcoming 2024 American elections.
The organization's Oversight Project shared footage on its account on X, formerly Twitter, on July 31 with footage from investigative journalism outlet Muckraker showing numerous so-called "noncitizens" admitting to being registered voters.
In the video, people in Georgia were asked whether they were registered to vote and whether they were citizens. Some of them confirmed they are registered to vote despite not being citizens of the United States.
"The apartment complex Elliot Norcross in Norcross, Georgia, is occupied primarily by non-citizens," one journalist in the video stated. "We visited the complex to ask residents two questions: 'Are you a citizen?' and 'Are you registered to vote?' Shockingly, 14 percent of respondents admitted to being noncitizens registered to vote."
In the same X thread, The Heritage Foundation reported that the Oversight Project estimates that Georgia has a noncitizen population of around 339,000. This just means that as many as 47,000 noncitizens in the state could be registered to vote. It should be noted that President Joe Biden only won the state by less than 12,000 votes during the 2020 presidential election.
It is unclear what information the illegal immigrants provided when registering to vote. The Oversight Project called on Georgia officials to look deeper into this matter and volunteered to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation.
"One thing is for certain: Systems are being taken advantage of, and the outcome of the 2024 election will be difficult to determine given the near impossibility of auditing in a short period," it warned.
Since only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote in Georgia, every Georgia voter is supposed to go through a citizenship verification process. In its 2022 audit, the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State reportedly found that 1,634 people attempted to register to vote.
"None of these individuals have cast ballots in Georgia elections," the office claimed via a statement it released.
People with Temporary Protected Status, visa holders, legal permanent residents and those with work permits in the U.S. are not allowed to vote and will be stopped for trying to register. Attempted registration by noncitizens is a felony and is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
America First Legal sues Maricopa County for allowing illegal registrations
In Arizona, the conservative group America First Legal (AFL) filed a suit against Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer for not complying with state and federal law in conducting monthly reviews of local voter rolls and comparing that information with databases that could verify citizenship.
AFL is demanding the office to kick noncitizens off its voter rolls in the most populated county in Arizona as this may greatly affect the outcome of the 2024 election in November.
"America First Legal is leading the charge to keep illegal aliens from voting in 2024," said AFL President Stephen Miller in a statement. "Maricopa County, in direct violation of state law, is refusing to remove illegal alien voters from the rolls."
James Rogers, AFL's senior counsel, said the Grand Canyon State has adopted first-in-the-nation laws to help make sure foreigners can’t and to also ensure that foreigners already on the voter rolls are removed. However, he noted that "those laws have no impact if Arizona's county recorders ignore them."
"Many recent elections in Arizona have been decided by margins of less than one percent. It is reasonable for Arizonans to be concerned," Rogers argued, citing a Rasmussen Reports survey last month that found slightly more than one percent of likely general election voters admit to being noncitizens in Arizona, as well as at least five other battleground states.
"This lawsuit is about helping to restore the public's trust by making sure that election officials follow the law and that foreigners are not able to influence the outcome of our elections," he continued.
Meanwhile, a Maricopa County Recorder's Office spokesperson insisted that it "prides itself on maintaining accurate, up-to-date voter rolls."
"Under Recorder Stephen Richer, voter list maintenance has remained a top priority, removing more than 400,000 voters from the rolls since January 2021," the spokesperson claimed. "As an administrative office, we will continue to follow the letter of the law."
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