{"id":796,"date":"2026-05-28T16:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:08:54","slug":"utah-audit-finds-handful-of-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-what-comes-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"Utah audit finds handful of noncitizens registered to vote. What comes next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>99.72% of registered Utah voters were confirmed as U.S. citizens after a state data review.<\/li>\n<li>27 noncitizens were removed from rolls; legal repercussions expected for false attestation.<\/li>\n<li>5,007 voters need to verify citizenship; many are legacy voters prior to ID requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson said some improvements are needed to protect the future of voter registration in Utah.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After reviewing the citizenship status of more than 2 million registered voters, Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson\u2019s office found that while the vast majority were confirmed citizens, 27 were confirmed noncitizens and another 25 were flagged as likely noncitizens. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=794\">It took him 21 years to get on \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019\u00a0Now he\u2019s on a big winning streak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose voters do need to be held accountable for this,\u201d said Daniel Wade, Utah director of election systems, on Wednesday of the 27 registered voters who falsely attested they were citizens. <\/p>\n<p>Those residents have now been removed from voter rolls by their local county clerk. The lieutenant governor\u2019s office said it will work with county clerks to investigate the false claims. <\/p>\n<p>Penalties for these residents could include prison time, fines or forfeiting the ability to become a citizen. <\/p>\n<p>The review also identified 25 registered voters as probable noncitizens, officials said in a media gathering at the state Capitol. These voters have 30 days to prove citizenship before being removed from voter rolls by county clerks. <\/p>\n<p>While 99.72% of registered voters in Utah were confirmed to be U.S. citizens, another 5,007 voters, the citizenship status of less than a quarter of a percentage could not be confirmed. Those voters will be contacted via mail with instructions to verify their citizenship at their local county clerk\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<p>The lieutenant governor\u2019s office estimates that about half of the unconfirmed voters are legacy voters, meaning they have been on the voter rolls for decades and registered before requirements for driver\u2019s license or documentation were instated. <\/p>\n<p>The other half are presumed to be voters who registered with improper information, such as a typo in their name or driver\u2019s license number. Voters can correct their record by visiting their local county clerks. <\/p>\n<h3>The registration system has room for improvement<\/h3>\n<p>The review process identified errors in the registration system that Henderson and her office are now working to improve for future elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this process we did find some areas that were useful that needed to be improved,\u201d Henderson said. <\/p>\n<p>In some cases, noncitizens were able to register because of an issue in the online program that allowed them to check the box attesting they were a citizen when their drivers license showed they weren\u2019t. That issue has now been fixed. <\/p>\n<p>Human error also played a role in ineligible registration. The majority of illegally registered used a paper form, Henderson said. To address this problem, county clerks will receive improved training and guidance with instructions on how to prevent faulty registration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve made a lot of improvements over the past few years, and we\u2019ll continue to make improvements,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cIn all, I think that Utahns can have a lot of confidence in what we do.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have found ways to improve,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut for the most part we are doing really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What spurred the review?<\/h3>\n<p>Under federal law, only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote, but there is no requirement for voters to prove their citizenship status. <\/p>\n<p>This has led to some accusations of voter fraud in national and local elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past few years, there\u2019s been a narrative that there\u2019s a lot of ineligible people voting in our elections,\u201d Henderson said. <\/p>\n<p>HB209, passed in March, imposed a new requirement for all Utah voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. <\/p>\n<p>Last year in April, Henderson\u2019s office began gathering information on the more than 2 million registered voters in Utah to verify their citizenship. This project was the first of its kind to ever take place in Utah. <\/p>\n<p>The purpose was \u201cto gain insight into the scope of any potential vulnerabilities and help identify any changes necessary to ensure that only eligible citizens are voting in Utah elections,\u201d Henderson said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=792\">Yosemite National Park ended timed-entry. Here\u2019s what happened on a holiday weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Verifying citizenship required collaborating with the Driver License Division and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program for citizenship verification to cross reference voter information. <\/p>\n<p>The 10,000 voter records that could not be verified via state and federal databases were reviewed manually. <\/p>\n<h3>Protecting voter privacy<\/h3>\n<p>The results of the review were released just months after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Utah over failure to deliver voter registration lists. <\/p>\n<p>In March, the Utah Legislature passed SB153, which classifies voters names, addresses, party affiliation and voter status as public information, excluding those designated as at-risk voters.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ is seeking additional information on voters, including drivers license numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of birth. Henderson has said that she will avoid giving this information to the federal government if possible. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Justice has sued more than half the states for the private data (Social Security number, driver license number, date of birth) of their voters. The Justice Department has declined our previous offer to share publicly available voter lists with them. As\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/nz4kYt7SZP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lt. Gov. Deidre M. Henderson (@LGHendersonUtah) February 26, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI want to protect Utah voters\u2019 data, and if I don\u2019t have to send their records through a federal database, I\u2019m not going to,\u201d Henderson told reporters. <\/p>\n<p>Henderson said while the review of voter information may not dismiss the lawsuit, she hopes the results give Utah voters confidence in the election system. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll put the DOJ lawsuit to rest. I think the courts are going to do that. But I do hope that it helps people understand that we are doing things well. And when we see places we can improve, we go ahead and improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s next for Utah voters?<\/h3>\n<p>Notices to voters who could not be confirmed will be mailed by the lieutenant governor\u2019s office on Friday. Voters who make the necessary adjustments to registration information within the next 30 days should still be eligible to vote in the general election. <\/p>\n<p>Henderson said her office will provide funding, resources, and training to local county clerks to assist in corrections. <\/p>\n<p>Now, with the review completed, \u201cwe just have to worry about the new registrants moving forward,\u201d Henderson said. <\/p>\n<p>New laws will go into place in 2029, requiring Utahns to have a valid real ID to register to vote. <\/p>\n<p>The federal law remains unchanged, and voters will not be required to show proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. <\/p>\n<p>Henderson emphasized that the review is not an effort to disenfranchise voters, but rather to ensure that Utah elections and fair and accurate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving forward, we have even better, stronger systems in place to make sure that the people who do register are in fact eligible,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cAnd we want to make sure that eligible citizens are voting. We want to make sure that we\u2019re not disenfranchising people, violating people\u2019s rights that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She hopes the results of the review give confidence to Utah voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis demonstrates that there is not a widespread problem. And that states and our county clerks, for the most part, do a very good job of making sure that our voter rolls are clean and that only eligible voters are registering,\u201d she said. \u201cThe system is working. It\u2019s working well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Correction<\/b>: <i>HB209 passed this year. Also, the record review process was clarified. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=790\">Deseret News archives: Chronicling the challenges of being a quintuplet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah&#8217;s lieutenant governor&#8217;s office spent a year reviewing voter registration information in Utah. 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