VIDEO: Noncitizens in Arizona apparently admit to registering to vote and say they support Kamala Harris



An investigation into election integrity in Arizona found some noncitizens apparently admitting that they had registered to vote in the November election.

The report from the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project and Muckraker interviewed several people at just one apartment complex in Phoenix, Arizona. The interviewer told people he was with a group helping Hispanics register to vote.

'It is unclear exactly what information these individuals gave when registering to vote.'

One woman appeared to say she had already been registered and then divulged that she was waiting for her residency status. The interviewer asked if she was planning to vote, and she said yes. When asked who she preferred, she answered Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate.

Another man seemed to say he was not a citizen but claimed to have been registered to vote and that hewould vote for Kamala.

The interviewer found six total people apparently claiming to be noncitizens and saying they were registered to vote. Among them was a man who said he was born in Cuba. Another said he was a noncitizen but had residency status, meaning he would not be legally allowed to vote.

Efforts to find the noncitizens on the voter rolls by the Oversight Project were unsuccessful.

"Noncitizens have shoddy address history records and often use fake documents and names. It is unclear exactly what information these individuals gave when registering to vote," the organization said on social media.

"It is obvious to me and other reasonable Americans that the left has decided that the only way they can maintain power is through illegal votes," Mike Howell, executive director of the Oversight Project, said in a statement to Blaze News. "If they have any interest in legitimacy, they need to immediately abandon this anti-American strategy."

House Republicans have tried to tie voter integrity legislation to a funding bill intended to stave off a government shutdown, but those efforts failed last week. Arizona officials have also grappled with a technical glitch that allowed nearly 98,000 voters to register for the November election without confirming their citizenship status.

Another operation found similarly unsettling reports from noncitizens in Georgia, another pivotally important battleground state.

The Oversight Project published video of the interviews with noncitizens from Phoenix on its social media account.

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Supreme Court partially reinstates Arizona voting law requiring proof of citizenship in time for election printing deadline



The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in part on the side of the Republican National Committee to allow Arizona's election integrity law to stay in place just ahead of a crucial deadline for printing ballots.

The 5-4 ruling allowed state officials to reject state voter registration forms unless the prospective voters provide proof of citizenship.

'A seismic win.'

Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined in the dissent with liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

However, the court narrowly ruled against another part of the law that would reportedly have prevented registered voters from casting a ballot for president by mail if they had not provided proof of citizenship.

The ruling comes down just ahead of Arizona’s ballot-printing deadline for the current election.

The law was passed in 2022 but had not been enforced.

Republican chairman Michael Whatley declared the ruling a "huge win" for election integrity.

"The Supreme Court just ruled that the state of Arizona must REJECT state voter registration forms without proof of US citizenship. This follows an emergency SCOTUS appeal from the RNC. A seismic win in the fight to stop non-citizens from voting," he responded on X.

Democratic elections attorney Marc Elias also declared the ruling a victory for Democrats.

"U.S. Supreme Court REJECTS key parts of GOP motion to restore voter suppression law for 2024," said Elias. "A MAJOR victory for voting rights and Arizona voters. Proud of the work my team did to secure a big court victory at this critical time."

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Texas AG Paxton launches investigation into reports of organizations illegally registering non-citizens to vote



The attorney general of Texas announced an investigation into reports that non-citizens were being illegally registered to vote.

'It is a crime to vote—or to register to vote—if you are not a United States Citizen.'

"Texans are deeply troubled by the possibility that organizations purporting to assist with voter registration are illegally registering noncitizens to vote in our elections," said Attorney General Ken Paxton in a statement Wednesday.

"My office is investigating every credible report we receive regarding potential criminal activity that could compromise the integrity of our elections," he added.

Paxton went on to criticize the Biden-Harris administration over its failure to secure the border.

"The Biden-Harris Administration has intentionally flooded our country with illegal aliens, and without proper safeguards, foreign nationals can illegally influence elections at the local, state, and national level," he claimed.

Paxton may have been referring to a report made by Maria Bartiromo of Fox News that immigrants were lined up outside of DMV offices and getting registered to vote at a table and tents outside of the offices. She did not say they were illegal aliens, but many on social media took that to be her meaning.

In his statement, the attorney general referred to the booths outside government offices.

"If eligible citizens can legally register to vote when conducting their business at a DPS office, why would they need a second opportunity to register with a booth outside?" he asked rhetorically.

A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety said the claims were "simply false" in a statement to the Star-Telegram.

“Contrary to Bartiromo’s friend’s wife’s account, there is no office for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in Weatherford. Folks there get their licenses at a DPS Driver License office," said Sgt. William Lockridge.

“None of it is true,” he added. He went on to say the report was "kind of racist" because he reasoned that, “Just because these people aren’t white, that doesn’t mean they’re illegal.”

In May, Paxton filed a lawsuit against an organization for allegedly engaging in "human smuggling" by shielding illegal aliens from law enforcement agencies. The group denied the accusations and said his claims were "illegal, immoral and anti-faith."

A coalition of 24 states, including Texas, filed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect elections from non-citizens voting by supporting an Arizona law that required voters to show proof of citizenship.

"It is a crime to vote—or to register to vote—if you are not a United States Citizen. Any wrongdoing will be punished to the fullest extent of the law," Paxton concluded in his statement.

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