The U.S. Justice Department has charged more than 113 alleged non-citizens with voting offenses across the country.
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The NPR Politics PodcastOct 26, 2026
As of October 19, 2026, the Justice Department said it had charged 113 people in 20 states with illegal voting and registration offenses over the prior seven weeks, which supports the claim's central figure and scope.
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… Uh, so it's that, that is working its way through the court system. We've seen the Justice Department try to tout its efforts to clamp down on non-citizen voting across the country. They've charged more than 113 people so far across the country, uh, alleged non-citizens, with, uh, voting offenses. This has been something that they've been holding, uh, press conferences about. They've been sending out, um, press releases. Sometimes they, uh, send out announcements about the same cases that they've already announced. …
The NPR Politics Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The AP reported that the Justice Department said it had charged 113 people in 20 states with illegal voting and illegal registration offenses over the last seven weeks.[1]
Supports. Courthouse News reported that over the last seven weeks, 113 people had been charged with similar voting crimes in 20 states, and the DOJ officials' figure was attributed to Essayli and McCotter in other outlets.[3][4][5]
Context. A Newsweek report quoted a DOJ spokesperson saying 112 aliens had been charged across 20 states in the last seven weeks, a one-person difference from the 113 figure cited elsewhere.[6]
Context. The charges include lawful permanent residents and cover both illegal voting and illegal registration offenses, so the 'non-citizen' and 'voting offenses' framing is a reasonable summary of the DOJ's charges.[1][3]
Context. A DOJ primary press release dated October 26 announced new charges against 48 aliens, but it does not state a cumulative total, so it neither confirms nor refutes whether the total had risen above 113 by that date.[2]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting alleged noncitizen votersapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Justice Department Announces Charges Involving 48 Aliens for Election-Related Crimesjustice.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3DOJ charges 28 in California voter fraud sweep amid escalating ...courthousenews.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4DOJ charges 28 people in California with voting crimesrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5DOJ charges 28 people in California with voting crimesusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Justice department investigating 'thousands' of noncitizen votersnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
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