DHS may have violated state election law, Virginia's AG says after whistleblower report
Summary
Virginia's attorney general says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) might have broken state election laws. A whistleblower claims DHS workers wrongly used voter lookup tools to find noncitizen voters without permission.Key Facts
- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones sent a letter to DHS demanding answers about accessing voter information.
- Virginia law prohibits sharing voter data with the federal government without a court order.
- Voter lookup tools in Virginia can only be used by people checking their own records, under legal penalty.
- A whistleblower said DHS staff were trained to quickly check lists for “unlawful voters” in August.
- Agents had about 12 minutes per person to decide if someone was a legal voter.
- President Trump’s administration has claimed noncitizen voting is a big election fraud risk, despite studies showing it is very rare.
- The Department of Justice is trying to get detailed voter data from many states but has not yet won those cases.
- DHS has been asked to keep all documents about this investigation, including training and logs.
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