A New York City election worker told an undercover reporter he would not report noncitizens trying to register to vote, saying “that’s not my job.”
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ANewYorkCityBoardofElectionsworkersaiditisnothisjobtoreportanyonewhenaskedaboutprocessingregistrationsfornoncitizens,hiddenvideofootageshows.
AccordingtoundercovervideocapturedbyMuckraker,inwhichitsreporterattemptedtoposeasanoncitizen,aworkersaidhewouldprocessapplicationsfornoncitizens.
“Onceinawhile…wehavepeoplecomeinhere…andtheyregister,theyweren’tacitizen,”theworkertoldthereporter.
WhenthereporterclaimedtotheworkerthathewasagreencardholderfromCanada,hewastoldheneededtobeacitizen.
OHIOUNCOVERSOVER1,000NONCITIZENS‘APPEARING’REGISTEREDTOVOTE,SENDSCASESTODOJFORPROSECUTION
“Iwouldn’tfillitout,”theworkersaid.“Yougottabeacitizentofillitout.”
“Wecan’tstopyoufromsubmittingtheapplication,”headded,warningthatpeoplehavehad“legalsituations”inwhichnoncitizens
