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Unbelievable: 1,400 Voters Are Flagged As Foreign Nationals In North Carolina


Research conducted by the Public Interest Legal Foundation has revealed prior to the 2014 election the North Carolina State Board of Elections flagged over 1,400 voters for being foreign nationals.

In the report, research discovered that ever since the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 it has been easier than ever for foreign nationals to vote.

The National Voter Registration Act best known as motor voter “ was enacted to expedite the registration process and make it as simple as possible for voters. The act required states to allow citizens to register to vote when they sign up for driver’s licenses and Social Security benefits.”

Out of the 1,400, there was 89 foreign nationals who went to vote and  only 24 of them were challenge at election sites.

Breitbart had these details to add:

The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) flagged more than 1,400 registered voters as foreign nationals prior to the 2014 midterm elections, records obtained by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) reveal.

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In a detailed report, PILF researchers unveil the extent to which the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, known as “Motor Voter,” has made it easier for states to wrongfully register foreign nationals to vote.

“After 30 years under…Motor Voter, the unintended consequences of the law are clear in North Carolina: It has never been easier to register to vote, so much so that even foreign nationals are being registered,” PILF researchers write:

It is extremely difficult to prevent and remove foreign national registrations because of the NVRA’s mandates. The entire problem was hidden from the public — including the documentary proof of alien registration — for years. [Emphasis added]

Through litigation, PILF obtained state election records showing that ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, for example, NCSBE officials identified more than 10,000 registered voters as potential foreign nationals.

From there, more than 80 percent of the registrants in question were shown to have been naturalized American citizens, leaving over 1,400 flagged as foreign nationals — most of whom were on green cards, temporary visas, or illegal aliens on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Of those remaining registrants flagged by NCSBE, 89 went to vote on election day in 2014 and 24 were challenged at polling sites.

Per Public Interest Legal:

North Carolina performed a10,000-registrant audit before
the midterm election. The auditdetermined that 1,454
registrants did not appear to be naturalized before Election Day2014 and would need to be challenged at the polls. Of those,89 appeared at polling places. Of those 89 registrants, 24 were challenged and 11 of those
challenges were sustained/ justified. The NCSBE told legislators after the election that many of the 89 suspected aliens immediately requested cancellations of their registrations instead of undergoing the
challenge process.

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For the limited purpose of preventing a limited list of suspected aliens from voting unless they could demonstrate eligibility on the spot, it was a success.
North Carolina’s developed an audit model that was able to stop foreigners from voting. But it unfortunately revealed that Motor Voter’s aging provisions made that task more difficult from beginning to end.



 

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