{"id":23091,"date":"2026-07-31T12:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23091"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:24:35","slug":"house-committee-demands-briefing-on-non-citizen-voting-before-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23091","title":{"rendered":"House committee demands briefing on non-citizen voting before midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The House committee charged with overseeing American elections is demanding more information on allegations of noncitizens voting in federal races.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The Committee on House Administration is requesting classified briefings on foreign interference in U.S. elections after President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973475\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> raised such concerns during a speech earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Reports of noncitizens casting illegal ballots continue to emerge, undermining election integrity and public confidence in American elections,&#8221; wrote Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;To inform potential legislative reforms, the Committee therefore requests a Member-level, classified briefing from DHS on the number of non-citizens registered to vote across the country and cyber vulnerabilities present in current voting systems. Please contact the Committee by August 13, 2026, to set up a briefing to be held in the month of September. The Committee also requests that any relevant documents be provided alongside the briefing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973476\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-confront-nj-governor-6600-noncitizens-registered-vote-alleged-software-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HOUSE REPUBLICANS CONFRONT NJ GOVERNOR OVER 6,600 NON-CITIZENS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ALLEGED SOFTWARE FAILURE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/343\/192\/virginia-redistricting-referendum-fairfax-voting-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/686\/384\/virginia-redistricting-referendum-fairfax-voting-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672\/378\/virginia-redistricting-referendum-fairfax-voting-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1344\/756\/virginia-redistricting-referendum-fairfax-voting-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/931\/523\/virginia-redistricting-referendum-fairfax-voting-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, 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height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Inside the Fairfax Government Center in Fairfax, Va., a voter is seen at a polling station during a referendum on redistricting.<\/span> <span>(Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP Photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The classified briefing requests were sent to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973477\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/markwayne-mullin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markwayne Mullin<\/a>, FBI Director Kash Patel and acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In the letters, Steil cited Trump&#8217;s claim that DHS discovered roughly 278,000 noncitizens registered to vote as well as recent revelations that New Jersey mistakenly added <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973478\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-confront-nj-governor-6600-noncitizens-registered-vote-alleged-software-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6,600 noncitizens to its voter rolls<\/a> in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973479\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-accused-china-election-security-nightmare-undercut-his-own-warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP ACCUSED CHINA OF AN &#8216;ELECTION SECURITY NIGHTMARE&#8217; BUT THEN UNDERCUT HIS OWN WARNING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Steil also pointed to Trump&#8217;s comments in his speech on <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973480\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-accused-china-election-security-nightmare-undercut-his-own-warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese-led<\/a> &#8220;cyberattacks on election infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Donald-Trump-Election-Security-Speech-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump gives primetime address on election security\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump during a primetime address to the nation in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Saul Loeb\/AFP\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The committee&#8217;s release said there were &#8220;serious concerns\u00a0about the security of American elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The briefing requests come less than 100 days before the November <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973481\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">midterm elections,<\/a> which will decide which party controls both houses of Congress for the latter half of Trump&#8217;s final term in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Republicans have long raised concerns about the security of American elections, which Democrats have argued are attempts to undermine people&#8217;s faith in those elections.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/343\/192\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/686\/384\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/672\/378\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1344\/756\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/931\/523\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1862\/1046\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/720\/405\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1440\/810\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200\/675\/rep-brian-steil-press-conference-washington-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Brian Steil speaking at a press conference in Washington, D.C.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., holds a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Anna Rose Layden\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">It is already a federal crime to vote in elections as a noncitizen, but the GOP is pushing for further guardrails such as proof of citizenship in the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_2973483\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voter registration process<\/a> and a federal voter ID standard at the polls.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">To date, no evidence has been found that noncitizens have swayed the outcome of any federal election.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. 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