The Department of Homeland Security initially informed Nevada election officials that there were 15,903 non-citizens on the state's voter rolls.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
Multiple sources report that DHS told Nevada officials in July that as many as 15,903 noncitizens could be on its voter rolls, so the core claim about the initial notice holds.
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… But in communications to state election officials following this big public announcement, the Trump admin already began to de-emphasize the certainty of these large figures. Nevada was first told by DHS that they had as many as 15,903 non-citizens on their voter rolls, but in a meeting between state officials and DHS last month, DHS said that that number might not be totally accurate because each voter had not yet been manually reviewed, and the true number may be closer to a hundred and 85 voters. …
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Supports. Reuters reports DHS said in July it had identified nearly 16,000 potential noncitizens on state voter rolls, and that DHS called the figure preliminary when pressed by the state.[1]
Supports. CNN reports DHS alleged it had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada's voter rolls, and MS NOW and the Reno Gazette-Journal report a July letter from Secretary Mullin saying 'as many as' 15,903 may be registered.[2][3][4]
Supports. Democracy Docket reports the department told Nevada officials in July that as many as 15,903 noncitizens could be registered to vote in the state.[5]
Context. The claim drops the 'as many as' and 'potential' hedging from the original passage, which is a qualifier omission rather than a change to the core assertion that DHS initially gave Nevada this figure.[1][4]
Context. DHS later revised the figure to 185 manually verified cases and did not provide the underlying records; Nevada officials said all 185 were citizens, a dispute that bears on whether the figure was accurate but not on whether DHS initially communicated it.[2][5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1White House pushes for speedy review of voter rolls in hunt for noncitizen votersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Inside the Trump administration’s lists of alleged noncitizen ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3DHS has not verified its claim of nearly 16,000 noncitizen voters in Nevadams.now · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4DHS declines to give names of alleged noncitizen voters in Nevadargj.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizensdemocracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6OPINION: The federal government said 15903. The answer was zero.thenevadaindependent.com · not rated · cited for: context
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