Indiana officials ask federal government to verify citizenship of 585K registered voters [View all]

Two of Indiana’s top elected leaders on Thursday announced they’ve requested federal aid in scrutinizing the citizenship status of more than 585,000 registered Hoosier voters — more than one in 10 residents on the voter rolls.

The effort echoes similar attempts in other states to purge voter rolls — several of which have run afoul of a federal deadline intended to protect eligible voters.

The Oct. 11 letter was sent after Indiana’s Oct. 7 voter registration deadline, and when Election Day was about three weeks away. Accordingly, the letter noted, “We are thus at a critical juncture in this election cycle when verifying the integrity of Indiana’s voter rolls is of acute importance.”

The letter, addressed to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur Jaddou, asks the agency to use its “Person Centric Query Service” to verify a list of names and dates of birth.





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