Federal review flags 400 noncitizens on Washington voter rolls

What federal officials found

Federal investigators identified more than 400 noncitizens registered to vote in Washington, the Justice Department announced. Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd of the Western District of Washington said the group collectively cast ballots approximately 1,500 times.

Some individuals voted once or three times, while others cast ballots as many as 27 times, Floyd told Fox News Digital. He said the earliest identified voting dated to 1984, with other cases reaching back to the late 1980s or early 1990s. Many of the people identified were green card holders with lawful permanent resident status.

How investigators identified the cases

Investigators compared voter activity with records held by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Floyd said those records showed that some people who applied for certain immigration benefits had also voted.

The review covered only people who had sought specified benefits in Washington. Floyd said that limited scope was why he described the findings as the “tip of the iceberg,” and he estimated that a broader review could identify thousands of people. That figure was his estimate, not a completed count.

Floyd said he had not checked whether any of the identified individuals voted in the upcoming midterm elections because he did not want to interfere with the election.

Washington registration concerns

Federal officials said some green card holders reported being registered without their knowledge through Washington’s Motor Voter program, which connects voter registration with Department of Licensing transactions. Those residents later received ballots by mail and believed they were properly registered, officials said.

Floyd said federal investigators would continue working to identify noncitizens who registered or voted. The inquiry was not directly linked to a named race or election result.