State Admits That It Has Wrongly Registered Hundreds of Non-Citizens to Vote
Whoops! In the latest object lesson in why we need voter ID laws and why motor-voter initiatives are a terrible idea, the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles quietly announced late last week that over 300 non-citizens had been accidentally registered to vote. Furthermore, The Oregonian’s report on the matter seemed to indicate a number of these 306 people illegally registered to vote were also here illegally, as well. “The mistake occurred in part because Oregon has allowed undocumented residents to obtain driver’s licenses since 2019 and the DMV automatically registers most individuals to vote when they obtain a license or ID, according to Kevin Glenn, spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation, which oversees the DMV,” the report said. “Glenn said an initial analysis by the state transportation agency revealed 306 non-citizens were allowed to become registered voters. Of those, only two have cast a vote in any election since 2021, Glenn said. “He also clarified that the issue is statewide, not limited to any specific county.” “It’s basically a data entry issue,” Glenn told the outlet, noting that the DMV system can allow a worker who issues a license to enter a code which states someone has a document that proves they’re a U.S. citizen — a passport or a U.S. birth certificate — when they don’t. When that code is entered, the individual is automatically registered to vote in the state.
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