Oregon DMV Mistakenly Registered 306 Noncitizens to Vote, Officials Say

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Oregonโ€™s secretary of state has since ordered an update to the stateโ€™s voter rolls.

The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (DMV) and the Oregon Secretary of Stateโ€™s Office both confirmed that the DMV has mistakenly registered more than 300 non-U.S. citizens to vote since 2021.

Officials with the Oregon Department of Transportation said on Sept. 14 that a data entry problem occurred when people who were not citizens applied for driverโ€™s licenses.

An initial analysis by the Oregon Department of Transportation, which oversees the stateโ€™s DMV, revealed that 306 noncitizens were registered to vote, according to Kevin Glenn, a department spokesperson. Of those, two voted in elections since 2021.

โ€œItโ€™s basically a data entry issue,โ€ Glenn said, explaining that when a DMV worker enters information about a person applying for a driverโ€™s license or state ID, the worker can incorrectly code that the person has a U.S. birth certificate or passport when that person does not.

Responding to the report, the Oregon Secretary of Stateโ€™s Office said in a statement that Secretary LaVonne Griffin-Valade has ordered an update to 0.01 percent of voter registrations.

โ€œResidents impacted by this issue were noncitizens at the time they were erroneously registered. They will be notified by mail that they will not receive a ballot unless they demonstrate that they are eligible to vote,โ€ her office stated, noting that only two people who were registered to vote have a voting history but that their citizenship status when they cast ballots is not known.

Her office โ€œmoved quickly to update the voter rolls,โ€ Griffin-Valade said, noting that the DMV has to โ€œtake immediate actionโ€ to make sure noncitizens canโ€™t vote.

โ€œAutomatic voter registration has been hugely beneficial for thousands of eligible Oregon voters to ensure access to our democracy,โ€ the secretary said in her statement. โ€œIโ€™m confident the DMV is rectifying this error and improving their process, so it doesnโ€™t happen again.โ€

The mistake occurred in part because Oregon has allowed noncitizens to obtain driverโ€™s licenses for the past several years, and the DMV automatically registers most people to vote when they obtain a license or other ID, according to Glenn.

Byย Jack Phillips

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