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WA unable to use immigration databank to check voter eligiblity

WA unable to use immigration databank to check voter eligiblity

Washington election officials have determined that the state will be unable to use a federal Homeland Security database of legal immigrants to check voting eligibility. In July, Secretary of State Sam Reed requested access to data on over 100 million immigrants as a further way of reviewing the accuracy of the state’s voter registration rolls. But further inquiry made it clear that access is possible only if a state has “alien registration” numbers, which typically accompany immigration documents provided as…

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