Multiple cities across three states now are being investigated for their practice of counting illegal votes.
It’s the American Center for Law and Justice that has confirmed it has sent public records requests to 20 cities across Maryland, California and Vermont.
“We are seeking voter registration records and documents showing how these local noncitizen voting policies are being implemented. We want to know how these local registries are maintained, what safeguards are in place, and whether noncitizen registrations are being kept separate from elections in which citizenship is required,” the organization has announced.
“We are also seeking records from New Jersey election officials concerning a reported software error that improperly registered thousands of individuals who had indicated they were not U.S. citizens. We want to know how this happened, how many people were affected, whether any improperly registered individuals voted, and what steps officials took to correct the problem.”
That incident, widely in the headlines before the 2026 midterms, confirmed that officials in New Jersey signed up as voters 6,600 people who were not eligible to vote. Many voted. State officials blamed a software company, but that company confirmed its system worked properly and it was state officials who allowed the noncitizens to be put on voter rolls.
The ACLJ move started with its already completed investigation of Cheverly, Md., records.
“The ACLJ reviewed the names against publicly available voter data. What we found was deeply concerning: at least 25% of the names on the town’s so-called ‘Non-citizen’ Voter Registry appeared to match individuals who had voted in federal or statewide elections between 2020 and 2024. We have since sent a referral letter to the DOJ on this matter.”
The issue is cities can allow noncitizens to vote in local elections if they choose. They do not have the option of allowing those same noncitizens to vote in state and federal elections.
New records obtained by the ACLJ show that 25% of the names on Cheverly, Maryland’s “Non-citizen” Voter Registry appear to have voted in at least one federal election. Either it’s voter fraud or gross incompetence by election officials, and the ACLJ is calling for a full investigation.
— ACLJ (@ACLJ) October 29, 2026
The ACLJ explained, “The Cheverly investigation showed why we cannot simply take election officials at their word that everything is operating as it should. We’ll examine the records, ask the hard questions, and hold government officials accountable. And when government officials refuse to provide answers, we’ll take legal action, as we have in California after its DOJ failed to fully respond to our FOIA, stating it has no records containing or addressing ‘policies that are specific to handling investigative referrals for illegal voting.’”
The ACLJ just obtained FOIA records from Cheverly, Maryland, showing that 25% of their Noncitizen Voter Registry appears to have voted in at least one federal election. This is either evidence of massive voter fraud where noncitizens are voting or gross incompetence on the part of voter registry officials. Read more: https://t.co/Ep8rGMOIaM
— ACLJ (@ACLJ) October 29, 2026
There’s already a lawsuit there.
The legal team said it obtained the Cheverly records through a Freedom of Information Act process. The documents confirmed “25% of their ‘noncitizen’ voter registry appears to have voted in at least one federal election.”
The organization confirmed, “This is either evidence of massive voter fraud where noncitizens are voting in yet another state or gross incompetence on the part of voter registry officials.”
The ACLJ had been acting on behalf of the American Accountability Foundation which had requested the Cheverly records, an original request that was ignored until legal action followed.
That those on a noncitizens list had their names show up in public federal voter records “is direct evidence of voter fraud, gross incompetence on behalf of the election officials maintaining the voter lists, or both,” the ACLJ said.
