‘Not a suggestion’: DOJ warns state officials it will prosecute them for allowing noncitizens to vote * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ photo)
Those pro-illegal alien state officials who have battled President Donald Trump’s efforts to clean up voter rolls, remove ineligible names, and make sure only U.S. citizens are voting are on notice now.
They could be prosecuted criminally if they fail to follow the law and actually “defraud” voters in their states of a fair election.
The promise comes in a letter from the Department of Justice to top elections officials in the states.
The letters warn that top election leaders, including chief election officers, can now face “criminal prosecution” if they knowingly keep noncitizens on voter rolls, send them ballots or count their votes in federal elections.
That’s been a common tactic for ultra-leftists who insist that all the world should be allowed to vote in U.S. elections. For example, leftist elections officials in the far-left state of Colorado not long ago sent out tens of thousands of letters actually telling illegal aliens and non-citizens how to register to vote.
Jena Griswold, the extremist running the elections procedures in that state, claimed it was a mistake that she sent out the 30,000 invitations to illegal aliens and non-citizens.
The DOJ letter warns responsible state officials that in addition to seeking injunctive relief for violations, “we are also authorized to prosecute criminal violations. Section 12(2)(B) of the NVRA makes it a crime for ‘an election official’ in a federal election to ‘knowingly and willfully deprive[], defraud[], or attempt[] to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by— . . . (B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the [election official] to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held.’ 52 U.S.C. § 20511.”
The letter that was delivered to Hawaiian officials, for example, said “knowingly retaining noncitizens on Hawaii’s ‘State Voter Registration List’ (SVRL) and sending such individuals ballots, and then counting such ballots, would constitute the ‘procurement, casting, or tabulation” of ballots that are known to be false in violation of section 12(2)(B) of the NVRA.'”
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division signed the letters, which list a number of federal statutes including the National Voter Registration Act, Help America Vote Act, and others that require accurate voter rolls and prohibit noncitizens from voting in federal elections.
A report at the Gateway Pundit made clear, “This is not a suggestion. This is a warning shot across the bow to any election official who thinks they can look the other way while noncitizens participate in federal elections.”
NEW: @LGHendersonUtah got another letter from the Department of Justice pushing for Utah’s voter info, warning that “knowingly” keeping non-citizens on the rolls could be a criminal offense.https://t.co/gqO86dULvV
— Lindsay Aerts (@LindsayOnAir) July 7, 2026
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The Justice Department is done asking nicely. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon’s Civil Rights Division has… pic.twitter.com/E8BlbjrSY6
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) July 8, 2026
The letters confirm they serve “as a notice” to state officials that they legally must “ensure free, fair, and transparent elections.”
“Federal law obviously makes it unlawful for noncitizens to vote in federal Elections” and “state election officers, including the chief election officer of the state, could be criminally prosecuted for aiding and abetting the violation of any of these provisions,” the letters confirm.
“An intentional act that is aimed at diluting the votes of citizens could also constitute a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241, which makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure any person in the exercise of that person’s constitutional rights. We encourage you to contact us to discuss what steps your state should take to maintain clean voter lists as required by law.”
Bob Unruh