Gary Peters
Role at the time: U.S. senator and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; lead signatory
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Peters and other senators say a whistleblower alleged that DHS staff were told to impersonate voters on state portals. They call the alleged conduct alarming if true and demand an end to the initiative and further information.
“If true, this is just another alarming effort by the Department to use data that USCIS materials admit may be inaccurate”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Senators' letter to DHS Secretary Mullin on election activities, September 25, 2026Pages 3-4, paragraphs on the Unlawful Voter Initiative and signatories
Signed letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, dated September 25 and posted September 28. It describes allegations that staff were told to impersonate voters and demands records and an end to the initiative.
Why we used this label
The signed letter explicitly makes its negative judgment conditional on the whistleblower allegation being true.