The Aporia
Barr, L., & Bruggeman, L. (2026, October 27). Trump admin demands Washington set aside 400 ballots it says are from noncitizens. ABC News (US). https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-admin-demands-washington-set-aside-400-ballots/story?id=137593785
Barr, Luke, and Lucien Bruggeman. “Trump admin demands Washington set aside 400 ballots it says are from noncitizens.” ABC News (US), 27 Oct. 2026, https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-admin-demands-washington-set-aside-400-ballots/story?id=137593785.
Barr, Luke, and Lucien Bruggeman. “Trump admin demands Washington set aside 400 ballots it says are from noncitizens.” ABC News (US), October 27, 2026. https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-admin-demands-washington-set-aside-400-ballots/story?id=137593785.
Dated from the outlet's own feed. Check the original for its byline.
The Trump administration asked Washington state on October 26, 2026, to set aside ballots from 405 voters it suspects are noncitizens. Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd claims these individuals cast over 1,500 votes in prior elections and represent "only the tip of the iceberg." The Justice Department sent a letter to Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs requesting that any ballots from suspected noncitizen voters be held until their eligibility is confirmed. This move follows similar actions taken against California and aims to intervene in state-run elections days before midterms, sparking skepticism and backlash from local officials concerned about voter harassment.
The Trump administration has promoted a number isolated cases of alleged noncitizen voting in recent weeks as evidence of rampant election fraud.
But all available evidence suggests voter fraud and noncitizen voting remains exceedingly rare, and certainly not widespread enough to alter the outcome of any election.