An election integrity expert on Wednesday raised concerns about California and Washington after the Justice Department identified thousands of suspected noncitizen voter registrations, including cases in which residents told officials they were not U.S.citizens yet were still registered to vote.In an interview with Fox News Digital, J.
Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, blamed the states’ automatic voter registration systems and local officials’ refusal to use available federal tools to verify citizenship."Non-citizens are getting on the rolls all over the country through the motor voter program.They're going into DMV, sometimes they're even telling the DMV they’re not citizens and states are still registering them to vote," Adams said."That's why aliens are getting on the rolls in states like Washington and California that have automatic voter registration," he said.FEDERAL OFFICIALS IDENTIFY 400 NONCITIZENS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN WASHINGTON STATE: 'TIP OF THE ICEBERG'Vote-by-mail ballots are inspected at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in City of Industry, Calif., Nov.
4, 2025.(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)California and Washington both require U.S.
citizenship to register to vote, though their automatic voter registration systems differ.California DMV customers who indicate they are eligible to vote can be automatically registered, while Washington's automatic registration through the Department of Licensing is tied to transactions requiring proof of U.S.
citizenship, such as obtaining an enhanced driver's license or ID.However, federal officials said they identified more than 20,000 likely noncitizens on California voter rolls, many with addresses in Los Angeles County, and more than 400 suspected cases in Washington.The findings come just ahead of the Nov.
3 midterm elections.Washington Secretary of State Steve R.Hobbs pushed back against the Justice Department on Wednesday, criticiz...