Schumer condemns alleged voter-portal deception
Chuck SchumerU.S. Senate Democratic leader
Schumer says a whistleblower alleges DHS officers were told to lie to access state voter information and calls for the initiative to end.
“Donald: end this illegal initiative now and stop meddling in the elections.”
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Did DHS direct officers to misrepresent themselves to search state voter records?
A September 2026 whistleblower disclosure alleges that personnel working on DHS's Unlawful Voter Initiative were directed to search state voter portals even where access requires the user to be the voter or an authorized representative. The published packet includes a list of state sites, an attestation example, and a training excerpt saying officers could search the sites. The excerpt does not explicitly instruct officers to make false attestations. Senators Alex Padilla and Chuck Schumer have called for an investigation and an immediate halt to the activity. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin denied that officers were given the alleged directive. The dispute is whether DHS directed officers to misrepresent their authority to obtain protected voter records.
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Schumer describes a whistleblower's allegation that officers were directed to lie to access voter information, condemns the alleged practice, and demands an end to the initiative.
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The published packet contains senators' allegations, a whistleblower's account, screenshots of state voter portals, and excerpts from USCIS training. The reproduced training says officers may search listed sites; it does not explicitly instruct them to make a false voter attestation.
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Schumer described the whistleblower's allegations about DHS officers searching state voter information.
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He said officers were reportedly being told to violate state law and lie, and called the conduct horrible.
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Schumer condemns the alleged direction to misrepresent voter authorization and demands that the initiative stop.
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“If true, this is just another alarming effort by the Department to use data that USCIS materials admit may be inaccurate, coupled with questionable means to potentially disenfranchise voters.”Read statement
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“If true, this is just another alarming effort by the Department to use data that USCIS materials admit may be inaccurate”Read statement
Mullin denies directive to impersonate voters
“That's absolutely not the directive that we put out there, and it's not even close to what we're doing.”Read statement
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