Baton Rouge, La.—Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into noncitizens on Louisiana’s voter rolls.
“As a result of this investigation, we have found 390 noncitizens registered to vote in Louisiana,” Secretary Landry said. “Of those, 79 have voted in at least one election.”
These preliminary results are due to Louisiana being the first state in the nation to use the newly revamped SAVE database from the Department of Homeland Security. Louisiana was first given access to the cost-free database in May.
During her remarks, Secretary Landry also stated, “All of those illegally registered individuals have been removed or are in the process of being removed from our voter rolls. It is a crime to register to vote and to vote as a noncitizen, and it undermines the fundamental rights of American citizens. My office will be working with the appropriate authorities for prosecution, and I will be encouraging those authorities to file charges in every single case that the law allows.”
“I want to be clear: noncitizens illegally registering or voting is not a systemic problem in Louisiana. In fact, our voter list maintenance procedures are a key reason why Louisiana is ranked number three in the nation for election integrity.”
Secretary Landry was joined by Senator Caleb Kleinpeter, Chairman of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee; Representative Beau Beaullieu, Chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee; Steve Orlando, Louisiana DOGE; and Grant Miller, Director of the Secretary of State’s Election Integrity Division.