Oregon DMV mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens to vote since 2021 (apnews.com)

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"State and federal laws prohibit non-citizens from voting in national and local elections.

The mistake occurred in part because Oregon has allowed non-citizens to obtain driver’s licenses since 2019, and the DMV automatically registers most people to vote when they obtain a license or ID, Glenn said."

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[-] mortalic@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Oh no... 300, in a state with literally millions...what will we do ...

[-] Ciderpunk@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

And only 2 of them ever voted. Literally more likely to have ballots lost in the mail than to have people who aren’t supposed to vote sneak through.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago

It’ll still be cited to fuck-all as proof.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Around 100 a year...

Looking at the 2022 elections, none of them would have been decided by 300 votes.

https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/electionhistory.aspx

Governor:
Kotek (D) - 917,074
Drazan (R) - 850,347
Johnson (Non-Affiliated) - 168,431
Smith (Constitution) - 8,051
Noble (Libertarian) - 6,867
"Misc." - 2,113

Senate:
Wyden (D) - 1,076,424
Perkins (R) - 788,991
Henry (Progressive) - 36,883
Pulju (Pacific Green) - 23,454
"Misc" - 2,197

OR1:
Bonamici (D) - 210,682
Mann (R) - 99,042
"Misc" - 519

OR2:
Bentz (R) - 208,369
Yetter (D) - 99,882
"Misc" - 425

OR3:
Blumenauer (D) - 212,119
Harbour (R) - 79,766
Delk (Progressive) - 10,982
"Misc" - 467

OR4:
Hoyle (D) - 171,372
Skarlatos (R) - 146,055
Leatherberry (I) - 9,052
Howard (Constitution) - 6,075
Beilstein (Pacific Green) - 6,033
"Misc." - 490

OR5:
Chavez-DeRemer (R) - 178,813 McLeod-Skinner (D) - 171,514
Misc. - 906

OR6:
Salinas (D) - 147,156
Erickson (R) - 139,946
McFarland (Constitution) - 6,762
"Misc" - 513

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago

I'd like to give a shout-out to the 304 immigrants who chose not to exploit the error.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

That's PROOF that DEMOCRATS are doing VOTER FRAUD even though THOUSANDS of Republicans have ADMITTED to Voted ILLEGALLY!

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

CANCEL THE ELECTION EVERYBODY!! THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY IS FUCKING FAKE!!!!

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Fake like TRUMP'S TITS, and his SPRAY TAN!

[-] Bad_Engineering@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Those tits are very much real and natural. He grew them himself with the help of copious amounts of hamberders.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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