Nevada state election officials have confirmed that 185 individuals flagged by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as non-citizens on the state's voter rolls are, in fact, US citizens. State officials reviewed the records sent by DHS and concluded this week that the individuals were citizens.
Greg Ott, a deputy attorney general, wrote to DHS stating, "As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens. You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise." Ott also expressed concerns about DHS's lack of transparency regarding its methodology and the limited information provided, such as only voter ID numbers.
In July, Donald Trump stated that DHS had identified a combined 278,000 non-citizens on voter rolls in Nevada, California, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Subsequent letters to these states adjusted the claim, suggesting there could be as many as 278,000 non-citizens, including up to 15,903 in Nevada.
DHS officials had informed Nevada's secretary of state's office in August that they had reviewed numbers and confirmed only 185 were non-citizens, with over 14,000 records still needing review. Separately, election officials in Pennsylvania have also sought information from DHS regarding its basis for claiming up to 14,576 non-citizens on its rolls, with Pennsylvania's top election official, Al Schmidt, noting DHS representatives indicated they lacked "high confidence" in that number.