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Noncitizen voting claims animate Trump's attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges

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The drumbeat by President Donald Trump and his allies about the perceived threats of voting by people who are not U.S. citizens is getting louder as the November election approaches. He is pushing to have the U.S. Postal Service send mail ballots only to voters verified as U.S. citizens . The Census Bureau promoted a dubious report about thousands of noncitizens voting in 2020, an election that the Republican lost to Democrat Joe Biden . Trump's Department of Homeland Security is claiming without providing evidence that 250,000 noncitizens might be on the rolls in just four states. This week, the Republican candidate for governor in Maine confirmed an audio recording in which he said he plans to ask Trump’s border czar to send U.S. marshals and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling places in the state to ensure that only legal voters are casting ballots. Evidence of noncitizens voting is continuing to “pile up,” White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said when asked a

First report: Noncitizen voting claims animate Trump's attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges — apnews.com, 16d