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Senator Mike Lee used the findings to advocate for his SAVE America Act.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T19:25:18.200Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-25T17:15:13.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-25T19:25:18.200Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":50,"critic":65,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to Reuters report, with specific states and numbers provided.","critic":"Reporting is clear and holds together, with quotes from Senator Lee and attribution to Reuters.","hype":"Headline uses strong language like 'explodes' and 'erupts' but is supported by the article's content."}},"tags":["#VoterRolls","#ElectionIntegrity","#Noncitizens","#MikeLee","#USPolitics"],"entities":["Mike Lee","Reuters","SAVE America Act","Mikie Sherrill","Don Palmer","Heritage Foundation"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["More than 30,000 self-declared noncitizens were added to US voter rolls between 2000 and 2026, according to a Reuters report.","Reuters attributed the erroneous registrations to software glitches and clerical errors, stating it found no evidence of organised efforts to register noncitizens illegally.","Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, used the report to criticise resistance to his SAVE America Act, which aims to enhance voter verification.","Reuters was unable to determine how many noncitizens actually cast ballots, noting that state data is often tentative."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A Reuters report identified more than 30,000 self-declared noncitizens on voter rolls across the United States since 2000. The registrations were attributed to software glitches and clerical errors, as well as inadvertent bureaucratic failures, rather than organised efforts to register noncitizens illegally, according to Reuters. The errors occurred in California, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Virginia."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaking on the Senate floor, stated that laws prohibiting noncitizen voting have become difficult to enforce. He referenced the Reuters report and the disclosure by New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill that 6,600 self-identified noncitizens were registered to vote, with fewer than 400 casting ballots. Lee argued that the findings support his SAVE America Act, a bill that passed the House but has stalled in the Senate. The bill proposes requiring registrants to verify citizenship at registration and implementing voter ID at polls."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Don Palmer, senior legal fellow for election integrity at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital that improving driver's license agencies' verification of citizenship during services could be a way forward. He suggested bipartisan support for enhancing these agencies and REAL ID systems to verify citizenship."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the cause of errors"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Reuters reported that the erroneous registrations were due to \"software glitches and clerical errors\" and \"inadvertent bureaucratic failures.\" Senator Mike Lee, speaking on the Senate floor, stated that \"even though we have laws that prohibit things like noncitizen voting, those laws have been rendered difficult and essentially impossible to enforce,\" and that \"voter fraud or noncitizen voting, just keeps happening over and over and over again.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports mention the specific states where the erroneous registrations occurred, a detail provided by Reuters and included in the New York Post and democraticaccent.com reports. Additionally, none of the right-rated reports mention the specific number of noncitizens who may have cast ballots, a point Reuters stated it was unable to determine."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"New York Post","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/09/25/us-news/mike-lee-explodes-on-voting-error-that-keeps-happening-as-huge-number-of-noncitizens-found-on-rolls","headline":"Mike Lee explodes on voting error that ‘keeps happening’ as huge number of noncitizens found on rolls","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T17:15:13.000Z"},{"sourceName":"🔔 The Liberty Daily","url":"https://thelibertydaily.com/we-can-kiss-election-security-goodbye-senator-erupts","headline":"\"We Can Kiss Election Security Goodbye\": Senator Erupts Over Fact 30,000 Noncitizens Found on Voter Rolls","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T17:00:21.000Z"},{"sourceName":"WND","url":"https://wnd.com/2026/09/we-can-kiss-election-security-goodbye-senator-erupts","headline":"‘We can kiss election security goodbye’: Senator erupts over fact 30,000 noncitizens found on voter rolls * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T16:53:17.000Z"},{"sourceName":"wndnewscenter.org","url":"https://wndnewscenter.org/we-can-kiss-election-security-goodbye-senator-erupts-over-fact-30000-noncitizens-found-on-voter-rolls","headline":"‘We can kiss election security goodbye’: Senator erupts over fact 30,000 noncitizens found on voter rolls * WND News Center","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T16:53:17.000Z"},{"sourceName":"thedailybs.com","url":"https://thedailybs.com/2026/09/25/mike-lee-erupts-after-30000-noncitizens-mistakenly-land-on-voter-rolls","headline":"Mike Lee erupts after 30,000 noncitizens mistakenly land on voter rolls - The Daily Bo Snerdley","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T11:48:31.000Z"},{"sourceName":"RedState","url":"https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/25/mike-lee-explodes-30000-noncitizens-exposed-on-us-voter-rolls-n2207374","headline":"Mike Lee Explodes: 30,000 Noncitizens Exposed on US Voter Rolls","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T11:18:02.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Twitchy","url":"https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/09/25/mike-lee-no-prisoners-save-america-act-n2432699","headline":"Mike Lee Pulls ZERO Punches Calling Out Both Democrats AND Republicans Over the SAVE Act","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T10:30:00.000Z"},{"sourceName":"democraticaccent.com","url":"https://democraticaccent.com/watch-mike-lee-explodes-on-voting-error-that-keeps-happening-as-huge-number-of-noncitizens-found-on-rolls","headline":"Mike Lee explodes on voting error that 'keeps happening' as huge number of noncitizens found on rolls – Democratic Accent","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T09:00:07.000Z"},{"sourceName":"wfmd.com","url":"https://wfmd.com/2026/09/25/watch-mike-lee-explodes-on-voting-error-that-keeps-happening-as-huge-number-of-noncitizens-found-on-rolls","headline":"Mike Lee explodes on voting error that ‘keeps happening’ as huge number of noncitizens found on rolls","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T09:00:07.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":0,"centre":0,"right":100},"count":{"left":0,"centre":0,"right":9},"totalSources":9,"untracked":0,"rated":9,"observedAt":"2026-09-25T20:15:47.563990+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-09-25T20:45:25.588Z","closedAt":null,"checks":6,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":[],"centre":[],"right":["Right-rated reports focused on Senator Mike Lee's reaction to the Reuters findings, highlighting his criticism of those resisting the SAVE America Act. 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