"SPECIAL REPORT: The Myth of Widespread Non-Citizen Voting; A Response to the Heritage Foundation"

MALDEF has issued this report, which it describes as follows:

In a recent segment, CNN anchor Lou Dobbs told viewers that substantial evidence suggests that large numbers of non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants, are voting in federal elections and could be the deciding factor in November's elections. The story primarily cites a recent report published by the Heritage Foundation. The report is written by former recess-appointed FEC Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky, whose troubling record on voting rights caused him to withdraw his name from consideration for a permanent FEC seat. Von Spakovsky's report contains gross distortions and represents an attempt to support a policy agenda that would disenfranchise many U.S. citizens.

Truth in Immigration has written a report scrutinizing the claims of the Heritage Foundation study.

Posted by Rick Hasen at August 20, 2008 03:45 PM