Trump Administration Threatens Oregon Leaders With Criminal Prosecution for Letting Illegals Vote

Jeff Charles / Townhall Tipsheet 

 

The Justice Department just put Oregon election officials on notice that they could face criminal prosecution if they allow noncitizens to vote in federal elections. 

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon sent a letter to Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read. The letter cautioned that officials could face criminal charges if they knowingly keep noncitizens on voter rolls or help them vote in federal elections.

The letter notes that federal laws make it a crime for election workers to allow ineligible people to cast votes. It gives Read five days to provide an explanation for how it will adhere to the law regarding elections.

The letter lays out the exact duties state officials are required to perform under laws like the Civil Rights Act, National Voter Registration Act, and Help America Vote Act. The law requires states to remove people from voter rolls when they pass away, move, or are deemed ineligible.

There is no evidence that anyone in Oregon is deliberately helping noncitizens vote. However, Oregon ran into serious problems with its Motor Voter system in 2024. It’s the automatic program that registers people to vote once...Read more, and see Xs here.