EPISODE 2: How Rare Is Noncitizen Voting, Really? — The SAVE Act, Part 2 of 3
Show Notes 📝 and embedded video 📺 for Episode 2 of the Clear Reception podcast, the second episode in our SAVE Act series.
Are millions of noncitizens really voting in U.S. elections? Researchers across the political spectrum keep checking, and they keep landing on the same tiny number. So where did “millions” come from?
Episode 2 of the Clear Reception podcast traces that claim back to one flawed 2014 study. It covers what state audits and researchers on the left, right and center have actually found, and looks at New Jersey’s real but very small software glitch. It also asks why the Department of Homeland Security’s numbers keep shrinking every time someone checks them. Plus: why the whole thing feels like a round of Numberwang.
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Show Notes
- Where the "10 to 27%" noncitizen voting claim came from, and why the original researcher walked it back - Snopes
- Noncitizen Voting Is Vanishingly Rare - Brennan Center
- Heritage Foundation Election Fraud Database
- Georgia Republican official: "There is no proof" of an overwhelming number of noncitizens on the rolls - MS NOW
- Gov. Sherrill's statement on New Jersey's MVC software error
- DHS's "250,000 potential noncitizens" announcement - DHS
- Internal DHS review lands at 118,000, less than half the public claim - The Hill
- DHS walks back its Nevada numbers in a private call - NPR
- Pennsylvania asks DHS to back up its claims - Democracy Docket
- Watch Out for False Voter Fraud Claims Fueled by SAVE Program - Brennan Center
- SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens - ProPublica / Texas Tribune
- Numberwang - That Mitchell and Webb Look
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