The Oregon DMV mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens to vote since 2021, revealing a critical flaw in the state’s automatic voter registration system. Officials identified the root cause as a data entry issue, in which DMV staff incorrectly coded non-citizens as having U.S. passports or birth certificates when processing driver’s license applications.
This error affects 306 non-citizens, roughly 0.01% of Oregon’s more than 3 million registered voters. Only two of those individuals cast ballots since 2021.
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Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade took immediate action to update voter rolls. The state also plans to notify affected individuals that they will not receive ballots unless they prove eligibility.
The issue arose from the intersection of Oregon’s motor voter law and a 2019 law that eliminated citizenship proof requirements for license applicants.
State Rep. Janelle Bynum has called for the state attorney general to launch a full-scale investigation, emphasizing that any errors in the election process are unacceptable.
