Non-citizens in Washington state are having ballots cast in their names by someone else without their knowledge.
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unDivided with Brandi KruseOct 27, 2026
The claim departs from the passage: the speaker only speculated ('Maybe... some harvesting organization...'), and the extracted claim states as fact that noncitizens' ballots are cast by others without their knowledge.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… They were lying about this, and those people never illegally voted. Well, that's not true. I mean, just because we can't prove that they're the one that filled out the ballot doesn't mean that the ballot wasn't set out, sent out in their name. Maybe, you know, some harvesting organization is out collecting these and filling them out illegally and sending it back. We all know how it works in Washington. What I'm trying to do is just make people aware that it's going on, because if you don't know what's going on, you can't ever change the problem. …
unDivided with Brandi Kruse · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd acknowledged investigators do not have the official voting records of those people, and no criminal charges have been filed in any of the 405 cases.[5]
Context. The DOJ says it identified about 405 people, many green card holders, who were registered and had voted in prior elections, and it asked Washington to set aside their ballots.[1][2][3]
Context. Secretary of State Hobbs said his office confirmed American citizens are among the 405 flagged individuals, and his office disputes the DOJ's method, saying the system flags legitimate citizens as noncitizens.[4][7]
Context. No source reports that anyone filled out or cast ballots in the names of non-citizens without their knowledge; the sources describe alleged noncitizen registration and voting, not third-party ballot harvesting.[1][2][3][5][6]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2US Justice Dept asks Washington state not to count ballots from possible noncitizensreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Federal data shows hundreds of non-citizens registered to ...justice.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Statement about Washington's safe and secure electionssos.wa.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Acting U.S. Attorney claims 405 noncitizens voted in Washington, but offers no charges or recordsking5.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 6Hundreds of Washington state voters may be noncitizensthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 7American citizens among 405 voters flagged by Feds, Secretary of State says, as DOJ considers ‘next steps'spokesman.com · not rated · cited for: context
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