Heritage Foundation – Only 99 Cases of Noncitizen Voting Since 1982

This Will Hold: “For more than a decade amid Republican bluster about widespread noncitizen voting, the Heritage Foundation has been investigating and documenting such cases. And according to its own dataset, from 1982 to 2025 there have been only 99 documented cases of noncitizens voting in U.S. elections. But don’t take our word for it—explore their data directly at this link: Explore the Heritage Foundation Data

• Over 43 years, just 99 cases nationwide. That’s an average of roughly 2.3 cases per year since 1982. In 2024 there was just one documented case of noncitizen voting. In 2023, there was also only one documented case of noncitizen voting. In 2022, there were two. That’s it. Which is why both left-leaning and conservative organizations, including the Heritage Foundation, have consistently found rates of noncitizen voting to be near zero. It is virtually nonexistent—and a manufactured nonissue…”