LULAC of Iowa seeks list of potential noncitizen voters from Iowa Secretary of State

The League of United Latin American Citizens is seeking the Iowa Secretary of State’s office’s list of 2,022 voters identified as potential noncitizens, hoping to provide resources to these voters who will be required to cast provisional ballots in the 2024 election.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said in a statement Tuesday that an audit by his office identified 87 noncitizens who voted in the state’s elections over the past 12 years, in addition to another 67 noncitizens who are registered voters but did not vote.

The office also identified a list of 2,022 people who had told the Iowa Department of Transportation that they were noncitizens and later went on to vote or register to vote.

Joe Henry, LULAC’s Iowa political director, said the organization has requested the list of these voters but had not heard back as of Thursday. He also criticized the Secretary of State’s statement on the subject of noncitizens voting in Iowa, saying that the release has made immigrants who are naturalized U.S. citizens and eligible to vote less likely to participate in the election for fear of criminal charges.



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