Key Facts

• The Census Bureau report reviewed about 160 million 2020 voter records and linked over 24,000 to noncitizen status records.
• This count is preliminary; more than 32 million voter records still await analysis.
• The report relied on matching voter data with citizenship records but did not explain how it handled errors.
• Experts say the method likely created false positives due to data mistakes or outdated citizenship information.
• Mistaken matches may occur because of similar names, shared addresses, or inaccurate data updates.
• Election policy expert Mark Lindeman called the report’s methodology weak and unclear.
• Law professor Justin Levitt highlighted three sources of error: errors in voter files, citizenship records, and data matching.
• The report does not prove that noncitizen voting was widespread or intentional.