cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/45719900
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were given access to voter files in two counties in Texas and North Carolina, according to an Axios news report.
Election officials from Forsyth County, North Carolina and Webb County, Texas, gave voter file information to agents from the ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit, as part of the Trump administration’s agenda to find instances of noncitizens voting.
There have been diminishingly few cases of noncitizens intentionally voting illegally, and no cases of this happening at a widespread level. However, President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted, without facts to back him up, that noncitizen voting is prevalent.
3 Comments
Eheran@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 102d
Can someone comment what voter files are?
FarraigePlaisteach@piefed.social · 5 pts · 102d
Yeah, I'm curious too. I think in the USA, voters register in advance as, for example, Democrat, Republican, etc. So I'm guessing that voter files might show those affiliations, if not their actual voting record. So what concerns me is that this could basically be used to target voters of a particular persuasion. But, I'm not a Turtle Island settler and so I'm not a reliable source of info.
fratermus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 101d
"[voter] papers, please", said the masked agent.