Oregon DMV May Have Mistakenly Registered More Than 300 Non-Citizens to Vote

Willamette Week ^ | 09/13/2024 | Nigel Jaquiss

[aimhigh]

WW has learned Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services, which licenses drivers in the state, has mistakenly placed more than 300 non-citizens on the voting rolls since 2021. Officials believe that 306 people without citizenship were registered to vote through a data entry error, but they believe just two of them actually cast ballots.

Nearly a decade ago, Oregon passed a motor voter law, which automatically registered people to vote when they sought a new license (and were 18 or over) or renewed an existing one. Then, in 2019, the Legislature passed a law that allowed certain people without proof of legal residence to obtain a driver’s license. Interplay between the two laws has now led to an unanticipated outcome.

[EvilCapitalist]

Uh huh. “Mistakenly.”

[mewzilla]

Any non-citizen who votes in one of our elections should go to the head of the line for deportation.

[jimtorr]

Mistake……unanticipated outcome…..yeah, right……only 300? Right……

[BenLurkin]

“mistakenly”

We’ll have to add that to “unexpected” and “suddenly”

[4Runner]

Only Oregon? There's 50 states that have had the damned Motor Voter Act bullshit going on for 31 years.

The National Voter Registration Act Of 1993 (NVRA) requires all states to automatically register to vote anyone who applies for and is issued a drivers license within that state, regardless of citizenship status.

[LouAvul]

It's Orygone. Infested with ex-kalifornians. And, it's government.

They did it deliberately.

[Scrambler Bob]

has mistakenly placed more than 300 non-citizens on the voting rolls
= = =

The mistake is they were trying for 3000.

[clearcarbon]

"The mistake is they were trying for 3000.

Could be that they accidently hired an honest person.

[Bullish]

And they’ll ‘mistakenly’ be allowed to vote and then ‘mistakenly’ be counted as valid votes too. We all know how this works by now.

[Chode]

yeah, right...

[Flint]

Who’s going to jail for registering illegals?

[metmom]

NOT a mistake.

[dforest]

Not believing it was a mistake.

[Bonemaker]

Hand cuffs straight to airport.

[Secret Agent Man]

Only 300...?

[PAR35]

Willamette Weak needs an editor. I'll fix this:

"has now led to an unanticipated planned outcome."

[skimbell]

Don’t forget “misspoke”.

[Obadiah]

Another mistake that helps Democrats. Gee, what a coincidence.

[MCSETots]

One of the many reasons Oregon will remain blue forever . . .