Politico Just Admitted What Democrats Have Been Denying for Years — It’s Too Easy For Non-Citizens To Vote
They said it never happens. They called it a conspiracy theory. They said voter fraud was vanishingly rare, that election security concerns were a cover for voter suppression, and that anyone who worried about noncitizens voting in American elections was either lying or paranoid.
Then New Jersey found 6,600. Then a British national pleaded guilty to voting in Texas across five elections over twelve years. And now Politico — that reliable organ of the Democratic-media establishment — has quietly published the admission that blows up every argument they’ve been making.
“It’s the honor system,” said New Jersey’s own election administrator. “There’s little to stop noncitizens from registering to vote if they want to, or even by mistake.”
Read that sentence carefully. Not a conservative commentator. Not a Republican opposition researcher. The administrator of New Jersey’s election system, on the record, explaining that the entire framework preventing noncitizens from voting is essentially a pinky promise.
Politico adds that election officials from both parties believe New Jersey’s 6,600 figure dramatically understates the actual problem — because the automatic registration system has been running since 2018, and Sherrill’s disclosure covered only a single year. The cumulative total of noncitizens swept onto New Jersey’s voter rolls through eight years of automatic registration is unknown. The state is refusing to hand over the data that would answer that question.
And it’s not just New Jersey. Ada Ngozi Otuka, a British national living in Texas, registered and voted in five separate American elections between 2012 and 2024. She didn’t get caught by the system. She confessed on her naturalization application. The system never flagged her. The honor system held exactly as well as honor systems typically hold — which is to say, not at all when someone decides not to honor it.
Brit Hume said what everyone already knows: “Maybe it’s time for commentators and politicians to stop scoffing at people worried about noncitizens voting in US elections.”
The scoffing has been deliberate. Every time a conservative raised concerns about election integrity, the media deployed a coordinated dismissal — no evidence, rare if at all, you’re a conspiracy theorist, you’re trying to suppress votes. That dismissal required the public to ignore the New Jerseys and the Ada Ngozi Otukas and the 270,000 noncitizen registrations identified across four cooperating states. It required trusting that the honor system was sufficient to protect the most important civic act in a democracy.
It wasn’t. It isn’t. And Politico just said so.
Here’s the principle that Ward Clark got exactly right: if even one person votes illegally, that’s wrong. Full stop. The acceptable number of illegal votes is zero — not 400, not 6,600, not however many years of auto-registration produced in New Jersey before someone noticed.
The SAVE America Act exists to replace the honor system with an actual system. Pass it. Before the next election proves the point again.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
