Pennsylvania pushes back after DHS claims 14,576 non-citizens may be registered to vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. —
Pennsylvania is responding to the Department of Homeland Security after DHS said there are more than 14,000 non-citizens registered to vote in the commonwealth.
In a July 16 letter to Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin wrote:
“Election security is national security … As President Trump announced last night, DHS has identified over 250,000 potential non-citizens illegally registered to vote in just 4 U.S. states. Only Americans should be electing American leaders.”
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin.
The letter said in a review of the four states’ records, DHS found there may be as many as:
190,832 non-citizens registered to vote in California.35,152 non-citizens registered to vote in New Jersey.15,903 non-citizens registered to vote in Nevada.14,576 non-citizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania.Pennsylvania responds
WGAL obtained a response from Schmidt to Mullin that was sent July 29, which disputes the DHS contention.
“Your July 16, 2026, letter claims the Department of Homeland Security has identified as many as 14,576 non-citizens purportedly registered to vote in Pennsylvania. Notably, DHS has not identified its methodology or what data it relied on in reaching this conclusion,” the letter said. “As you know, past analyses of voter lists have relied on faulty methodologies that can lead to inaccurate results and false claims about the citizenship status of eligible voters.”
LINK | Read the full letter here.
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The letter goes on to ask DHS to evaluate its claims, determine the next appropriate steps and provide a document explaining its methodology and data sources.
Reviews of voter rolls
In the letter, Schmidt also highlighted the protocols Pennsylvania currently follows:
All 67 Pennsylvania counties remove registrations for voters who moved, died or became ineligible.Counties canceled 338,295 registrations in 2025.Officials follow state and federal laws and use reliable data.The state and counties protect voters’ confidential information throughout the process.
“Because the right to vote is sacred, the cancellation of any record is based on a prescriptive statutory process and reliable data sources,” Schmidt wrote.
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