A whistleblower alleged that Department of Homeland Security agents may have illegally accessed Virginia voter records.
On Sep. 8, a whistleblower made a protected disclosure to the Senate alleging that agents working on the Unlawful Voter Initiative — the department’s name for its investigation — had used Virginia’s voter registration database to cross-reference names of noncitizens.
The whistleblower said USCIS Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate personnel were directed to impersonate Virginia voters by using personal information to access Virginians’ voter records and falsely certify that they were the voters whose records they were accessing.
Virginia’s online voter lookup portal requires users to certify that they are accessing their own voter registration record or have been expressly authorized by the voter. The site also warns that it is unlawful to access another voter’s record.
The whistleblower also alleged that agents were assigned to review 40 subjects per day to meet a department quota. The whistleblower said agency training explicitly acknowledged Virginia’s attestation requirement.
In a statement Tuesday, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson acknowledged the department accessed voter rolls.
“The Department accessed publicly available data from states’ voter rolls and cross referenced them with known aliens in our systems. It’s not rocket science; it’s an easy step to secure our elections,” the spokesperson said.
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