Several Red states, Idaho, Missouri, and Iowa, have uncovered over 300,000 ineligible voters in their voting registers, including inactive, disqualified, deceased, non-citizen, or duplicate voters.
The discovery raises serious questions about the situation in Deep Blue states that fight tooth and nail any attempt to scrutinize voters. It also coincided with the Department of Government Efficiency finding illegal immigrants in voter rolls and recommending them for prosecution.
On March 14, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins worked with local election authorities to remove 18,637 deceased voters from the state’s voter rolls. The state also found another 133,520 inactive voters and 4,000 others who were disqualified for various reasons, including being duplicated, incapacitated, convicted of a felony, or having relocated from the state.
“In Missouri, we are taking action—not just making promises—when it comes to election integrity,” said Secretary Hoskins. “By working hand-in-hand with local election officials, we have removed outdated registrations, strengthening confidence in our elections and making sure every vote cast is legitimate.”
On March 19, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane (R) removed 144,121 ineligible voters who were either inactive, ineligible, or had relocated. The state sent individual notices to affected voters before removing them from the state’s voter rolls to avoid any complaints. The cleanup exercise also intended to ensure that only U.S. citizens could vote in line with the state’s executive order, the Only Citizens Will Vote Act.
On March 20, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate (R) also disclosed that 277 non-citizens were found in the state’s voter rolls. Surprisingly, 35 successfully voted during the November 2024 election, while five attempted and failed to cast their ballots. Fifteen of those who successfully voted returned absentee ballots. All the illegal votes successfully cast were counted during the presidential election.
Another 22 noncitizens had also registered to vote in Iowa but did not attempt to cast their ballots. However, 2,186 non-citizens could have registered, voted, or attempted to cast their ballots if the Hawkeye State could not access the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to compare citizenship data with its Department of Transportation. Ironically, Washington, D.C. later denied the state of Iowa the USCIS immigration data for clarification, hampering its effort to clean the voting register. Nonetheless, all cases of attempted voter fraud have been referred for investigation.
Meanwhile, this type of voter audit is unlikely to happen in blue states, which have more lax voter identification laws and harbor more illegal immigrants who are likely to attempt to vote for pro-immigration candidates, namely Democrats.
On March 25, 2025, President Trump signed the “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections” executive order to protect our elections. It highlighted how the United States lags behind other countries, including developing nations/democracies such as India and Brazil, that have robust voter identification mechanisms such as biometrics, while the most powerful democracy relies on self-attestation.
“Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election,” it stated.
The executive order asserts that only American citizens can vote in federal elections by requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration and offers to assist states in maintaining their voter rolls. While most red states are likely to embrace the executive order, Democrat-run ones will likely rush to court to stop it.
In 2023, the state of Georgia found over 364,000 ineligible voters, including over 60,000 who voted.
In 2024, Texas also removed over 1.1 million ineligible voters, including 457,000 deceased and 6,500 non-citizens.
