Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Oct. 7 ordered the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to halt transmission of Oregon Motor Voter data to the secretary of state after a review found another 302 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote under the state’s motor voter law.
Under that law, the DMV can automatically register residents to vote when they get a driver’s license or state ID, as long as they provide proof of citizenship.
Last month, the DMV announced that it had discovered 1,259 noncitizens had been registered to vote without providing proof of U.S. citizenship.
The governor ordered the DMV to produce an “after-action report” which then identified an additional 302 noncitizens had also been improperly registered….