Des Moines, Iowa — The League of United Latin American Citizens is asking Iowa’s secretary of state for his list of over two thousand people who’ve registered to vote, but will be required to cast provisional ballots. Secretary of State Paul Pate says his office has not confirmed if the people on that list may have become US citizens since the 2012 election. Joe Henry is Iowa political director for the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Henry says many or all of these people Pate has flagged on Iowa voter registration lists may have been legal residents when they got an Iowa driver’s license, but have become U-S citizens in the past 12 years.
Henry says by forcing two-thousand-plus people to cast provisional ballots, their votes will not be counted unless they return to their county auditor’s office after the election with proof that they’re a citizen.
Pate’s announcement on Tuesday indicated he has referred the names of 154 people to Iowa’s attorney general for a citizenship check to see if they were not US citizens when they registered to vote over the past 12 years.
