{"id":2703262,"date":"2026-11-09T08:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhouse-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T08:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:05:52","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhouse-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhouse-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"House Race Shows Why &#8216;Rare&#8217; Noncitizen Voting Does Matter"},"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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhouse-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter%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=2703262&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>Several House races were decided by only a few hundred votes-such as, North Carolina\u2019s 5th district is separated by 99 votes-showing how a small number of noncitizen ballots could change outcomes.A New Jersey DMV error registered over 6,000 noncitizens, and nearly 400 of them voted-more than teh margin in some contests. Dismissing noncitizen voting as \u201crare\u201d ignores its potential to flip tight seats. Measures like the SAVE America act, which would require proof of citizenship and voter ID for federal elections, were proposed but did not pass.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:United_States_Capitol_Building_at_night.jpg\">AnthonyTPope\/Wikimedia COmmons<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC By-SA 4.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/09\/house-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=House Race Separated By 99 Votes Shows Why \u2018Rare\u2019 Noncitizen Voting Does Matter&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/09\/house-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=House Race Separated By 99 Votes Shows Why \u2018Rare\u2019 Noncitizen Voting Does Matter&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/09\/house-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/09\/house-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=House Race Separated By 99 Votes Shows Why \u2018Rare\u2019 Noncitizen Voting Does Matter&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/09\/house-race-separated-by-99-votes-shows-why-rare-noncitizen-voting-does-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent(&#039;House Race Separated By 99 Votes Shows Why \u2018Rare\u2019 Noncitizen Voting Does Matter&#039;); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\">                     <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>                     <\/a>                 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 99 votes separate the candidates in one North Carolina congressional race, showing exactly why noncitizen voting could potentially have a major impact on U.S. elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The narrow North Carolina race is one of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-house.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> many too-close-to-call races<\/a> coming out of Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections. Democrat Chuck Hubbard leads incumbent Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx by 99 votes in North Carolina\u2019s 5th congressional district. Meanwhile in the state\u2019s 3rd congressional district, Republican Rep. Greg Murphy leads Democrat Raymond Smith by just 233 votes. <\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3613046842\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over in Minnesota, Democrat Jake Johnson leads Republican Rep. Brad Finstad by 321 votes, and in Tennessee\u2019s 4th District, Democrat Victoria Broderick leads Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais by just 280 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of those margins are smaller than, for example, the number of noncitizens found on New Jersey voter rolls back in July. Democrat Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced a software error resulted in registering more than 6,000 noncitizens who said they were noncitizen when applying for a driver\u2019s license at the DMV. Nearly 400 of the illegally registered noncitizens voted \u2014 more than triple the margin dividing the congressional race in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there\u2019s no evidence that noncitizens have voted in any of the uncalled congressional races, they <em>do<\/em> show why leftist dismissals of noncitizen voting as \u201crare\u201d doesn\u2019t negate the significance of noncitizen voting. A few hundred illegal votes may not sway a presidential race and may be a small fraction of all the ballots cast statewide, but a few hundred ballots may also be what stands between a Republican or Democrat taking a House seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, Democrats and their allies in the propaganda press have assured Americans that noncitizen voting is \u201crare\u201d and implied it\u2019s therefore not important to counter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/20\/28-charged-in-noncitizen-voting-bust-hours-after-leslie-stahl-says-its-not-an-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS News\u2019 Leslie Stahl<\/a> told then-Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon that \u201cThere are very few people who are noncitizen who end up voting. Very, very few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stahl then asked Dillon \u201cwhat\u2019s the purpose\u201d of holding those noncitizens accountable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Politico similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/03\/politico-said-noncitizen-voting-was-overblown-now-it-admits-the-entire-system-runs-on-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described noncitizen voting<\/a> as \u201coverblown.\u201d (Though notably, after New Jersey admitted there were thousands of noncitizens on the voter rolls, Politico admitted there was \u201clittle to stop noncitizens from registering to vote if they want to, or even by mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it\u2019s true, under our current system, prospective voters merely must attest under penalty of perjury that they are telling the truth about their citizenship status (aka, the honor system). Republicans introduced the SAVE America Act, which would have required documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections as well as voter ID to vote. Democrats opposed the legislation, and Republican Senate leadership failed to get the legislation passed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the difference between \u201crare\u201d and still important is clear as day looking at North Carolina: in North Carolina\u2019s 5th congressional district, 99 votes can make or break control of a House seat. Tight races don\u2019t make election integrity less important, they make it more important. This week\u2019s tight congressional races only make legislation like the SAVE America Act more important, and yet it remains unpassed.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Brianna Lyman<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briannalyman2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@briannalyman2<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/briannalyman\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags no-print bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/noncitizen-voting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">noncitizen voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">North Carolina<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/save-act\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">SAVE Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/save-america-act\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">SAVE America Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Tennessee<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/virginia-foxx\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Virginia Foxx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Carolina contest demonstrates how even small vote margins could matter if noncitizen ballots are involved. In NC\u2019s 5th District, Democrat Chuck Hubbard sits 99 votes ahead of incumbent Republican Virginia Foxx, while in the 3rd District, Republican Greg Murphy leads Democrat Raymond Smith by 233. In Minnesota, Democrat Jake Johnson is ahead of Republican Brad Finstad by 321, and in Tennessee\u2019s 4th District, Democrat Victoria Broderick leads Republican Scott DesJarlais by 280. These figures are all smaller than the number of noncitizens found on New Jersey\u2019s voter rolls earlier in the year, when a DMV registration error added more than 6,000 noncitizens who claimed noncitizenship; nearly 400 of those individuals ended up voting, a margin larger than the NC race.<\/p>\n<p>Although there is no evidence that noncitizens voted in these unresolved congressional races, the New Jersey incident illustrates that dismissing noncitizen voting as \u201crare\u201d doesn\u2019t undermine its potential significance. A few hundred illegal votes might not decide a presidential election, but they could determine who wins a House seat. For years, Democrats and allied media have asserted that noncitizen voting is rare and not worth countering. Some outlets, like CBS News, have suggested very few noncitizens vote, and questions have been raised about why they should be held accountable. Politico has described noncitizen voting as \u201coverblown,\u201d though it acknowledged that New Jersey\u2019s experience showed thousands may be on the rolls or able to register by mistake. Under the current system, voters must attest under penalty of perjury that their citizenship status is accurate. The SAVE America Act would require documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections and impose voter ID requirements, a measure Republicans supported but Democrats opposed; it ultimately did not pass in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The close NC races underscore that even a 99-vote margin can determine who controls a House seat, reinforcing the importance of election integrity and the case for legislation like the SAVE America Act, which remains unpassed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2703263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1280px-United_States_Capitol_Building_at_night-e1794001975906.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32644,41105,36382,36987,32570],"class_list":["post-2703262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-election-integrity","tag-house-race","tag-immigration-policy","tag-noncitizen-voting","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1280px-United_States_Capitol_Building_at_night-e1794001975906.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703262","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2703265,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703262\/revisions\/2703265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}