Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has warned state election officials that they could face fines, prison time, or the loss of federal funding if they fail to adopt specific security measures. These requirements include using the SAVE program to identify noncitizens on voter rolls and transitioning to hand-marked paper ballots. Mullin claims that 250,000 noncitizens are registered to vote, specifically citing California, New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Some state officials and experts argue these claims lack data and that the federal database is legally blocked by a judge.
Editor's Analysis
Missing are the detailed legal arguments from the judges blocking the federal database and the specific data-driven rebuttals from the state officials challenging the noncitizen registration claims.