Co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), Lara Trump, revealed that the RNC is working closely with states to clean up voter rolls by removing ineligible voters, in an effort to restore Americans’ trust in the country’s electoral system.
Lara argued that a large number of Americans no longer trust the country’s electoral process, prompting the RNC to work on restoring this trust, which she emphasized is “fundamental” to democracy. According to her, the RNC is encouraging states to remove deceased individuals and those who have moved out of state from their voter rolls.
She also indicated that the RNC has contacted the Democratic National Committee (DNC) about a potential collaboration to clean up voter rolls across the country, but the DNC has not responded. Go figure.
Lara stated that one of the primary goals of the voter roll cleanup drive is to ensure that non-citizens do not vote in US elections, as they have done in the past. She claimed that an overwhelming number of illegal aliens previously voted in Texas because the laws did not allow election officials to check for the nationality of the voters. The RNC co-chair also claimed that Arizona’s lax election laws have also allowed non-Americans to cast ballots, prompting the RNC to take the issue to the Supreme Court to protect election integrity.
Meanwhile, Lara dismissed accusations that the RNC seeks to disenfranchise legal voters, refuting concerns from Democrats, who have historically accused the GOP of voter suppression.
Lara’s comments came nearly 50 days before the presidential race, at a time when voter registration has become a major talking point for both political parties.
The Trump campaign, RNC, and the Nevada Republican Party recently sued the state of Nevada for allegedly allowing at least 11,000 noncitizens to register to vote in the November elections.
The lawsuit accused the liberal Secretary of State of Nevada, Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar, of not doing his job of cleaning the voter rolls. According to the lawsuit, 3,987 noncitizens voted in Nevada during the 2020 presidential elections, and more than 3,700 are expected to cast their ballots in this year’s elections.
Michael McDonald, head of the Nevada Republican Party, stated that allowing noncitizens to vote in the elections is a clear disrespect to lawful voters. He further said that keeping the voting rolls clean is not only a legal issue but also a matter of protecting the rights of millions of Nevadans.
Meanwhile, a DNC spokesperson pointed out that noncitizens are already prohibited from voting under federal law and dismissed the allegations of voter fraud as baseless. The spokesperson vowed to combat Republican misinformation both in the court and during the upcoming November elections.
