DOJ Audit of Voter Registration Rolls Uncover Massive Fraud Avenues

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon has revealed that a sweeping Department of Justice review of tens of millions of voter records has uncovered alarming irregularities, including hundreds of thousands of ineligible registrations.

According to Dhillon, the DOJ has examined between 50 and 60 million voter records so far, identifying more than 300,000 deceased individuals still listed as active voters, along with tens of thousands of non-citizens connected to federal election participation.

The findings build on earlier efforts launched after President Donald J. Trump began his second term, prioritizing election integrity as a cornerstone of his administration. A December 2025 review of 47.5 million voter records had already revealed more than 260,000 deceased voters and thousands of unlawful registrations. Officials now say the problem appears to be growing, even as only a limited number of states have cooperated with the federal audit.

“We have run some records for some states. So, I think we’ve run something between 50 and 60 million voter records so far. And, you know, during this president’s tenure, we have found hundreds of thousands of people who shouldn’t be on the voter rolls—people who are dead, people who have moved, and duplicate registrations,” Dhillon said during an appearance on Newsmax TV.

“We have also found, separately, noncitizens on the voter rolls. And so now we’re doing our due diligence to identify the extent to which they may or may not have voted,” she continued.

Dhillon also raised concerns about vulnerabilities in states that lack strict voter identification requirements, pointing to troubling anecdotal evidence.

“And sometimes people are enrolled on the voter rolls. We’ve just seen some crazy videos from California that show homeless people being used to sign petitions and register to vote or sign affidavits. You could sign ballots for somebody else and fill them in,” she said.

“And that’s easy when you have a system where there’s no voter ID, right? Where ballots are being mailed to outdated voting lists. This is not a fiction or a fantasy. Los Angeles County, in 2017, agreed in a lawsuit with Judicial Watch that there were over 1.1 million people in that county alone who should not have been on the voter rolls,” she added.

The DOJ has already referred tens of thousands of potential non-citizen cases for federal prosecution, with some cases now being actively pursued by U.S. Attorney’s offices across the country.

“The review so far this last year of approximately between 50 and 60 million voter records, which states have voluntarily uploaded or we’ve gotten from them, has shown hundreds of thousands—over 300,000—dead people on the voter rolls. And that’s just a slice of the voter rolls,” Dhillon said in a separate interview with Newsmax host Rob Finnerty.

“And we have referred tens of thousands of potential noncitizens who are on the voter rolls. And that’s a lengthier process, Rob, because we don’t want to accuse anybody wrongfully. So we have to go through checking a number of different databases, sources, and sometimes court records to determine whether this person became a citizen or not. And then, finally, we reach a conclusion,” she explained.

“And if that noncitizen voted in a federal election, we’re referring those cases for federal prosecution. And there are some prosecutions like that that are being worked up by my friends in the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Dhillon added.

The findings come as Senate Democrats continue to block the SAVE America Act, a Republican-led effort backed by President Trump that would require proof of citizenship and a government-issued photo ID to vote in federal elections.

Critics of election integrity measures have long argued that voter fraud is rare. However, the DOJ’s ongoing review is adding fuel to the debate, raising fresh questions about the accuracy of voter rolls and the safeguards in place to protect U.S. elections.

Further concerns have also emerged at the state level. Michigan State Representative Rachelle Smit, who serves as Speaker Pro Tempore and previously worked as a township clerk, described instances in which deceased voters were removed—only to be reinstated by higher authorities.

“I took off a dead voter in my township and guess what? That dead voter was put back on — not by me. That was done by the Secretary of State’s office,” Smit said.

As federal investigators continue their work, the scope of the issue remains unclear. But with prosecutions already underway and more records yet to be examined, the DOJ’s findings are likely to intensify the national debate over election security and voter integrity.