State officials discovered hundreds of potential noncitizens on the rolls in September, as The Federalist previously reported.
Oregon officials are referring three cases of alleged noncitizen voters to the state Department of Justice, following revelations the state’s “motor voter” system registered more than 1,600 potential noncitizens. But last fall, Democrat state House Majority Leader Ben Bowman admitted the state’s adoption of motor voter and mail-in ballots enabled noncitizens to vote.
“They voted as a result of a government mistake,” Bowman said in a September hearing. “They didn’t ask to be registered to vote, but they were by their government. Their government sent them ballots, we all talked about the importance of voting, and then they voted.”
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read forwarded three cases of alleged noncitizen voters to the state Department of Justice in early February, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
State officials discovered hundreds of potential noncitizens on the rolls in September, following an inquiry from the leftist Institute for Responsive Government, as The Federalist previously reported. After examining limited data, officials found more than 1,600 potential ineligible voters on the rolls. Out of this number, 10 cast ballots, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported. While the Oregon DOJ is considering investigating three of these cases, according to OPB, the secretary of state’s office is “still looking into” the rest. […]
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