{"id":2462809,"date":"2025-07-17T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/auditors-downplay-or-voters-registered-with-no-citizenship-proof\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T08:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:00:40","slug":"auditors-downplay-or-voters-registered-with-no-citizenship-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/auditors-downplay-or-voters-registered-with-no-citizenship-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditors Downplay OR Voters Registered With No Citizenship Proof"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauditors-downplay-or-voters-registered-with-no-citizenship-proof%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2462809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Oregon, the state&#8217;s &#8220;motor voter&#8221; system, which automatically registers voters through the DMV, was found to have registered a meaningful number of possible noncitizens.An audit revealed that about 1 in 35 registered voters lacked proof of citizenship, suggesting that over 21,000 individuals may be improperly registered. Despite these findings, auditors dismissed the issue as unlikely to affect election outcomes, though they acknowledged it posed reputational and compliance risks. The audit also uncovered other systemic problems, including poor documentation, inadequate staff training, and lack of proper oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Critics note that the state only uncovered these issues after inquiries from external groups and that responses involved consultations with left-leaning organizations advocating for automatic voter registration. Additionally, the audit&#8217;s data review was limited, and some details were redacted, raising concerns about transparency. Since the initial findings, the DMV reportedly registered over 54,000 voters without confirmed citizenship. These ongoing issues have sparked debate about election integrity and trust in Oregon&#8217;s voter registration system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After revelations that Oregon&rsquo;s &ldquo;motor voter&rdquo; system registered hundreds of possible noncitizens, the state government launched an audit. Auditors found one in 35 voters didn&rsquo;t have proof of citizenship &mdash; then looked the other way.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon officials <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/16\/oregon-secretary-of-state-defends-law-automatically-registering-hundreds-of-noncitizens-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discovered<\/a> in September hundreds of potential noncitizens had registered to vote. They examined limited data and eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.klcc.org\/politics-government\/2024-11-08\/oregon-dmv-officials-identify-more-errant-voter-registrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> the motor voter system had placed more than 1,600 possible ineligible voters on the rolls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>State leaders commissioned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/das\/Docs\/Oregon-OMV-Program-Audit-Report.pdf\">audit<\/a> &mdash; which, as Oregon journalist Jeff Eager first <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonroundup.substack.com\/p\/audit-voter-data-lacks-citizenship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, found one in 35 voters labeled as &ldquo;citizens&rdquo; had no proof of such citizenship in the motor voter system.<\/p>\n<p>The state&rsquo;s motor voter system reportedly registered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/2024\/09\/23\/oregon-officials-find-9-potentially-ineligible-voters-with-voting-history-out-1200-improperly-registered-by-dmv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">766,756<\/a> people total to vote, as of September. The one-in-35 ratio (2.8 percent), applied across the state, suggests the system may have registered more than 21,470 voters without proof of citizenship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of flagging this lack of documentation as a massive gap in election integrity, the auditor &mdash; Chicago firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakertilly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baker Tilly<\/a> &mdash; dismissed it, saying this would probably be too small to decide elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Although the number of potentially ineligible individuals being automatically registered to vote is likely too small to affect the outcome of an election, the existence of such cases poses a moderate reputational and compliance risk,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/das\/Docs\/Oregon-OMV-Program-Audit-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">audit<\/a> reads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It simply expressed concern the security gap could &ldquo;undermine public trust in the voter registration process&rdquo; and bring &ldquo;increased scrutiny.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But, as of November 2024,&nbsp;the Oregon DMV already registered <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/22\/oregon-dmv-busted-allowing-people-of-unknown-citizenship-to-register-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">54,600<\/a> voters who have not proven citizenship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The thing that got me the most was the consultant opining the error margin likely wouldn&rsquo;t decide any elections,&rdquo; Eager said in a direct message on X. He pointed to the state&rsquo;s May special district elections, in which 25 races were so close they triggered a <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.oregon.gov\/oregon-newsroom\/OR\/SOS\/Posts\/Post\/automatic-recounts-triggered-june-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recount<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/das\/Docs\/Oregon-OMV-Program-Audit-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">audit<\/a>, released July 1, noted numerous issues in Oregon&rsquo;s motor voter system &mdash;&nbsp; the lack of citizenship proof was only the first.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/das\/Docs\/Oregon-OMV-Program-Audit-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">problems<\/a> included a lack of documentation when staff review documents, a lack of training policy, and a lack of a &ldquo;formal, centralized process for escalating significant issues or errors&rdquo; in the motor voter system. It also said &ldquo;formal user access reviews are not performed for the O[regon] M[otor] V[oter] system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When Oregon officials occasionally glimpse into the state&rsquo;s voting system, they favor and excuse left-wing groups &mdash; after all, they only discovered the potential noncitizen voters after the leftist Institute for Responsive Government (IRG) <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/19\/in-oregon-motor-voter-and-mass-mail-ballots-invited-cheating-even-the-top-house-democrat-admits-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inquired<\/a> into the matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the initial discovery, state officials switched into panic mode. They scheduled a briefing call with the left-wing Center for Secure and Modern Elections &mdash; which, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/center-for-secure-and-modern-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> InfluenceWatch, falls under the umbrella of leftist dark money giant Arabella Advisors and advocates &ldquo;automatic voter registration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, IRG Executive Director Sam Oliker-Friedland is chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sam-oliker-friedland-6b557b153\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">counsel<\/a> for CSME. He <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/19\/oregon-elections-director-resigns-months-after-hundreds-of-noncitizens-found-registered-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeared<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wk01EAN4pvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> in the summer of 2024 with Oregon&rsquo;s then-Elections Director Molly Woon, claiming registering to vote is &ldquo;unnecessarily complicated&rdquo; and that automatic voter registration would be a &ldquo;simple solution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Eager was first to <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonroundup.substack.com\/p\/lobbyist-briefed-kotek-staff-on-noncitizen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> on the damage control call with CSME. He said the group&rsquo;s &ldquo;Oregon lobbyist&rdquo; was part of the meeting. He obtained <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonroundup.substack.com\/p\/koteks-curious-redaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes<\/a> of the call through public records requests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In these <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonroundup.substack.com\/p\/koteks-curious-redaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes<\/a>, reported by Eager, officials recorded &ldquo;national systems that check US citizenships.&rdquo; The first system was the SAVE immigration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/save\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">database<\/a>, but officials admitted it &ldquo;needs a number, we don&rsquo;t have it.&rdquo; Officials also mentioned another database in the notes called SOLVE &mdash; which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >apparently verifies social security numbers &#038;mdash<\/a>; but said it &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t tell if there is a citizen, lots have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-removes-more-than-6300-foreigners-from-its-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Virginia Removes More Than 6,300 Foreigners From Its Voter Rolls\">social security number&#038;rdquo<\/a>; [sic].&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The notes <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonroundup.substack.com\/p\/koteks-curious-redaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicate<\/a> the &ldquo;lookback period&rdquo; for the state&rsquo;s voter &ldquo;data review&rdquo; was limited to voter registrations since January 2021 for those who showed passports, and since January 2020 for those who showed birth certificates. But without further explanation, officials redacted a single point in this section of the notes. Notably, Oregon began issuing driver&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/news\/2021\/01\/oregon-starts-issuing-driver-licenses-to-undocumented-immigrants\/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20undocumented%20immigrants%20can%20get%20driver's%20licenses,fee%20*%20Pass%20the%20necessary%20driving%20tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">licenses<\/a> to illegal aliens in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the Governor&rsquo;s office finally produced the notes, they redacted part of it,&rdquo; Eager said. &ldquo;The part they redacted appears to be a reference to a possible source of information to help them figure out how many people they&rsquo;d registered without proof of citizenship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said this raises the question: Is there another source with records of Oregon noncitizen voters?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Each time someone from outside is given a chance to review Oregon&rsquo;s motor voter noncitizen voting,&rdquo; Eager said, &ldquo;they find new problems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Logan Washburn is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-clark-county-keeps-commercial-addresses-on-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Clark County Keeps Commercial Addresses On Voter Rolls\">staff writer covering election integrity<\/a>. He is a spring 2025 fellow of The College Fix. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon audit finds 1 in 35 voters lack citizenship proof<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":2462810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5077609023_e1ae83ed5a_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[19833,59296,59297,59298,6431],"class_list":["post-2462809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-auditing","tag-citizenship-verification-2","tag-election-integrity-2","tag-fraud-prevention-2","tag-voter-registration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5077609023_e1ae83ed5a_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462813,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462809\/revisions\/2462813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}