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Organized efforts in Washington and across the country are seeking to make it more difficult for individuals to register to vote and maintain their current registration. Besides being burdensome to eligible voters and costly for counties to utilize, the proposals are not necessary because voting by noncitizens is negligible. Furthermore, these proposals would disenfranchise a significant number of persons who are legally eligible to cast a ballot.

In Washington, Initiative Measure IL26-126 would require all voters to have an enhanced drivers’ license or provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person. Voters who fail to do so would see their registration canceled.

The fact is noncitizens are not voting. Despite claims by supporters of Measure IL26-126, the incidence of noncitizens voting in Washington is miniscule. It’s the same in other states where similar falsehoods are being spread. Promoters repeatedly are using a methodically unsound 2014 study to convince people otherwise.

The reality is numerous scientifically strong studies  prove these falsehoods are wrong. Perhaps the best evidence is the Brennan Center for Justice’s finding of only 30 cases of suspected noncitizens voting out of 23.5 million votes cast in 2016—an incidence rate of 0.0001%.