Fact-check: “Based on scientific surveys of noncitizens combined with voter registration records, fewer than 1 percent of noncitizens in the United States are illegally registered to vote.”
Verdict: Partly True (52% confidence)
The most directly relevant academic estimate — Jesse Richman's 2023 expert report using 2022 Cooperative Election Study data combined with voter registration records — concluded that slightly less than 1% of noncitizens are registered to vote, which is consistent with but not quite the same as the claim's 'fewer than 1 percent' framing. However, a competing analysis by Just Facts applying an enhanced version of the same survey methodology to the same 2022 CES data reaches a dramatically differe…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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