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BumRushDaShow

(166,118 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 06:37 AM Yesterday

No widespread evidence of migrant voting fraud despite Trump's claims, review finds

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 14 January 2026 19:33 EST


A federal review of voter data found no evidence of widespread voting fraud by non-citizens, contradicting frequent claims from the president and his allies that undocumented immigrants are flocking to the polls. Under the Trump administration, states and local election departments have voluntarily submitted voter records to the Department of Homeland Security for review.

After checking about 49.5 million voter registrations, the department referred about 10,000 cases to Homeland Security Investigations for further inspection, officials told The New York Times, and not all of the flagged individuals have necessarily voted.

At least 14 Republican-controlled secretary of state’s offices have committed publicly to using the federal review tool, known as Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, a government program designed not for election reviews but for vetting applicants for programs like driver's licenses and Social Security benefits.

Researchers have long said there is no evidence of widespread non-citizen voting, but President Trump and his supporters frequently claim the contrary.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigrant-voter-fraud-data-b2900801.html

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No widespread evidence of migrant voting fraud despite Trump's claims, review finds (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
This is a made up story from the GOP/Fox Botany Yesterday #1
But, MAGAts believe this as gospel, Bayard Yesterday #4
Much of the MAGA movement itself is .. Botany 23 hrs ago #5
More lies by white supremacists. travelingthrulife Yesterday #2
After all this time... GiqueCee Yesterday #3

Botany

(76,463 posts)
1. This is a made up story from the GOP/Fox
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:24 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:59 AM - Edit history (1)

You can't vote unless you are a registered
voter and you can't register to vote unless you are an American Citizen. BTW undocumented migrants do not want to be
deported if their status is discovered and
registering to vote can do just that.

Bayard

(28,723 posts)
4. But, MAGAts believe this as gospel,
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 12:11 PM
Yesterday

And shout it out at every opportunity. Lies work.

Botany

(76,463 posts)
5. Much of the MAGA movement itself is ..
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 12:47 PM
23 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Jan 15, 2026, 01:23 PM - Edit history (1)

... is phony. MAGA real support is 500 miles wide and a 1/10 of an inch deep. About 80% or more of pro MAGA web sites
are foreign operations in S. America, Asia, Eastern Europe, and other places. Sites like MAGA for America is in Brazil. Musk uses his Twitter to sell these phony sites as showing real evidence of the strength of
the movement and then rigs polls and elections with MAGA winning.

Google Musk, Twitter, & Foreign opertions.
Most all of those cut out sites can be traced back to Russia.

We still have 30 to 35% of Americans who are racist, sexist, anti intellectual, and generational mouth breathing idiots.

GiqueCee

(3,456 posts)
3. After all this time...
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:23 AM
Yesterday

... you'd think that the M$M would know that Trump is a pathological liar, and that if he opens his mouth, he has lied, he is lying, or is about to lie. He considers truthfulness a weakness to be exploited, not a virtue to be emulated.
They should also think about this: If you support a traitor, you are a traitor. The proof of Trump's treason is voluminous and irrefutable. But the GOP is just fine with it, because their history of treachery is long, indeed.

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