{"id":2469555,"date":"2025-08-01T09:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-integrity-watchdog-new-yorks-voter-rolls-are-a-disaster\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:45:28","slug":"election-integrity-watchdog-new-yorks-voter-rolls-are-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-integrity-watchdog-new-yorks-voter-rolls-are-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Integrity Watchdog: New York&#8217;s Voter Rolls Are A &#8216;Disaster&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Felection-integrity-watchdog-new-yorks-voter-rolls-are-a-disaster%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=2469555&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>A recent report by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) highlights critically important issues with New York&#8217;s voter registration rolls, identifying nearly 50,000 people registered in New York who are also registered in other states, including florida, North Carolina, and New Jersey. The voter lists contain numerous errors such as duplicate registrations, false birth dates, and records of deceased individuals. A lawsuit filed in Mount Vernon, New York, alleges a 30% surge in voter registrations with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >suspicious entries including people born<\/a> over a century ago and voters who haven&#8217;t participated in elections for more than a decade. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dianne-feinstein-89-forgets-whereabouts-for-3-months\/\" title=\"Dianne Feinstein, 89, forgets whereabouts for 3 months.\">issues raise concerns<\/a> about election integrity ahead of upcoming elections. PILF points out similar problems in other states like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maine, where questionable registrations and deceased voters are common. While some election officials maintain that systems are secure, watchdog groups warn that these irregularities pose a serious threat to fair and transparent elections, especially in battleground states. Vigilance and thorough cleaning of voter rolls are urged to protect election security.  <\/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>New York is known for a lot of things: The Big Apple, Niagara Falls, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/articles\/who-invented-buffalo-wings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buffalo wings<\/a>. The Empire State also lays claim to some of the worst voter rolls in the country, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/press\/pilf-flags-50k-questionable-voter-registrations-on-new-yorks-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from an election-integrity watchdog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Interest Legal Foundation<\/a>, nearly 50,000 registrants on New York&rsquo;s voter list are registered in at least one other state. About half of those &mdash; 24,873 registrants &mdash; are also registered in Florida. Another 6,247 have duplicate registrations in North Carolina, and another 5,724 are also on New Jersey&rsquo;s voting rolls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PILF&rsquo;s review stated 6,788 cases of duplicate or triplicate registrations were found at the same residential addresses because of name variations, typographical errors, or missing Social Security data. The mess includes 3,845 registrants with placeholder or likely false birth dates going back to the turn of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>A sample of 15 records found six registrants who had died dating back to 1998, and four registrants who could not be matched to any Social Security or credit bureau data, putting in doubt the authenticity of the records.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New York is a disaster,&rdquo; J. Christian Adams, president and general counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, told The Federalist in an interview. &ldquo;They have got <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/press\/report-3-1-million-new-york-voter-registrations-missing-critical-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions of voters<\/a> in New York who don&rsquo;t have complete voter files, don&rsquo;t have full names, don&rsquo;t have driver&rsquo;s license numbers, things required under federal law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Slipping Through the Cracks&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>A lawsuit filed last month by Mount Vernon City Council candidate Bill Schwartz alleges the New York City suburb of some 80,000 residents saw its voter rolls surge by 30 percent &mdash; or nearly 10,000 voters &mdash; in the course of a year, and the numbers heavily favor Democrats, the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/20\/us-news\/ny-dem-stronghold-padded-voter-rolls-with-dead-people-locals-born-in-the-19th-century-new-lawsuit-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=NrNvgZhaVomLsluwhPVLYQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a> asserts the city&rsquo;s voter rolls include registrants born as early as 1901, more than suggesting there are dead people in Mount Vernon&rsquo;s voter file. Schwartz charges the list includes registrants who have not voted in over a decade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The requested relief arises from documented irregularities and credible allegations of election fraud in the June 24, 2025 Democratic Primary, including the unexplained addition of over 9,600 new voter IDs, purging of enrolled voters without notice, and mismatches in voter ID and registration data,&rdquo; the lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=NrNvgZhaVomLsluwhPVLYQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz lost a party primary election in June, the Post reported. Mount Vernon is a Democratic Party stronghold in Westchester County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the voter rolls are that sloppy and no one at the Board of Elections is answering questions, you start to wonder what else is slipping through the cracks &mdash; or being pushed through them,&rdquo; Schwartz told the Post. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m asking the court to step in and make sure the November election and future elections are conducted fairly, transparently and by the book.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;We&rsquo;ve Got to be Vigilant&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>As The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/28\/riddled-with-errors-dirty-voter-rolls-pose-growing-threat-to-election-integrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> earlier this week, voter rolls are sloppy all over. The Public Interest Legal Foundation has tracked more than 19,000 registrants on Pennsylvania&rsquo;s voter rolls with second registrations in other states. PILF found north of <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/press\/new-report-finds-over-32000-questionable-voter-records-in-new-jersey-echoing-patterns-identified-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">32,000 suspect voter records<\/a> in New Jersey. In Maine, the foundation flagged <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7.8.2025-Maine-Data-Findings-Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">18,453<\/a> apparently deceased registrants in the state&rsquo;s voter files.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PILF successfully sued the state for refusing to release voter registration records as required under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/national-voter-registration-act-1993-nvra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Voter Registration Act<\/a>. In internal communications uncovered during the lawsuit, the watchdog said it found Maine Secretary of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/03\/trump-appeals-ruling-to-keep-him-off-maine-ballot-by-dem-who-was-disappointed-he-wasnt-impeached\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State Shenna Bellows<\/a>&rsquo; office &ldquo;flagged PILF and other organizations for government&nbsp;staff to discredit and attack on social media.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Other emails <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/reports\/pilf-insights-maine-secretary-of-state-aide-collaborated-to-smear-west-virginia-secretary-of-state-over-h-r-1-s-1\/\">show <\/a>coordination with left-wing advocacy groups to portray PILF and even other sitting Secretaries of State as purveyors of disinformation in the lead-up to congressional hearings,&rdquo; asserts a PILF <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/press\/pilf-to-maine-we-see-dead-people-on-your-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dirty voter rolls in states across the country is an alarming concern as partisans prepare for next year&rsquo;s midterm elections. Adams said the concern is particularly worrisome in key battleground states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to make a difference in places like Wisconsin, Minnesota,&nbsp;Pennsylvania, and Nevada,&rdquo; he said, adding that &ldquo;Nevada is worst of all.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, a Democrat, told NPR just days before November&rsquo;s election what Democrat elections officials have long said: the system is safe and secure. Trust us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;I hope, notwithstanding that recent news, that people look at numbers &hellip; and they understand that the system really is one of integrity,&rdquo; Simon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/02\/nx-s1-5117812\/voter-list-data-election-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medias-coverage-of-crises-under-biden-would-look-a-lot-different-if-trump-were-in-office\/\" title=\"Media\u2019s Coverage of Crises Under Biden Would Look A Lot Different If Trump Were In Office\">left-leaning news outlet<\/a>. He was responding to a glitch in Minnesota&rsquo;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zuckerberg-used-a-tax-exempt-foundation-to-help-biden-fix-the-2020-election\/\" title=\"Zuckerberg Used a Tax-Exempt ...ation to Help Biden Fix the 2020 Election\">automatic voter registration system<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/emmer.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/icymi-emmer-demands-answers-over-noncitizens-receiving-ballots-in-minnesota-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added nearly 1,000 noncitizens<\/a> to the voter rolls. Simon said elections officials quickly caught the &ldquo;mistake&rdquo; and removed the ineligible voters from the database.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PILF has sent letters to several state elections officials seeking meetings to further discuss sloppy voter rolls. Adams said failure to clean the voter lists of ineligible registrants presents a significant threat to election security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to be vigilant. We&rsquo;ve go to make sure everything is being done even-handed.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>PILF&rsquo;s J. Christian Adams joins us to talk election integrity on the latest episode of The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/russiagate-redux-inside-the-soft-coup-against-trump--67180880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Federalist Radio Hour podcast.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-knew-100-percent-he-was-fighting-for-the-little-guy-former-top-trump-economic-adviser\/\" title=\"Trump Knew \u2018100 Percent\u2019 He Was \u2018Fighting for the Little Guy\u2019: Former Top Trump Economic Adviser\">award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York&#8217;s voter rolls among the nation&#8217;s worst, watchdog says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2469556,"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\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-01-at-12.02.10-AM-1024x523.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32644,32120,32643,40938,60404],"class_list":["post-2469555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election-integrity","tag-new-york","tag-voter-rolls","tag-voting-issues","tag-watchdog-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-01-at-12.02.10-AM-1024x523.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469555","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469555"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2469559,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469555\/revisions\/2469559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}