Noncitizen voting claims animate Trump’s attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges

In practice, the drumbeat by President Donald Trump and his allies regarding the perceived threats of voting by residents who are not U.S.

What happened

He is pushing to have the U.S. Postal Service send mail ballots only to voters verified as U.S. Citizens. The Census Bureau promoted a dubious report regarding thousands of noncitizens voting in 2020, an election that the Republican lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump's Department of Homeland Security is claiming without providing evidence that 250, 000 noncitizens might be on the rolls in just four states.

This week, the Republican candidate for governor in Maine confirmed an audio recording in which he remarked he aims to ask Trump's border czar to send U.S. Marshals and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling places in the state to ensure that only legal voters are casting ballots.

The bottom line

In short, noncitizen voting claims animate Trumps attacks on midterms and set up potential is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.