Bishop E.W. Jackson Blasts Anti-Voter ID Claims After 30,000 Noncitizens Joined Rolls in 11 States
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 26
Bishop E.W. Jackson Blasts Anti-Voter ID Claims After 30,000 Noncitizens Joined Rolls in 11 States
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 26
Summary
E.W. Jackson said claims that Black and minority voters cannot obtain identification are “deeply insulting” after a Reuters investigation found 30,000 self-declared noncitizens were erroneously registered to vote.
Reuters said the registrations occurred across 11 states since 2000 and were tied to software glitches and clerical errors, not an organized effort; it could not determine how many noncitizens actually cast ballots.
Jackson argued any noncitizen vote dilutes a citizen’s ballot and said resistance to stricter ID and citizenship checks amounts to a political “power grab.”
Heritage Foundation legal fellow Don Palmer said the 30,000 figure is likely an undercount because many states have not audited rolls or built stronger citizenship-verification systems.