Fact Sheet | Center for Election Integrity

Importance of Citizen-Only Voting in Tennessee

Anna Pingel, October 21, 2024

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WE MUST ENSURE THAT ONLY U.S. CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE

The U.S. electoral system is designed to give every eligible U.S. citizen in every state a say in choosing our leaders at the federal, state, and local levels.
The federal National Voter Registration Act requires that states take steps to ensure that only eligible citizens are registered to vote.
Due to the failure of the Biden-Harris Administration to secure the border, states must work even harder to ensure that their elections are not compromised by illegal aliens casting votes.
Over 12 million illegal aliens, including known “gotaways,” have entered the country since 2021.
Further, the Biden-Harris Administration issued Executive Order 14019, directing all federal agencies to register voters, including many federal agencies that interact regularly with illegal aliens.
These unprecedented efforts put even more responsibility on states to protect the integrity of their elections.

Tennessee is home to at least 140,000 illegal aliens, but this number does not account for the major influx of the last 3 years.
This is the sixteenth-highest illegal alien population in the country.
Tennessee has a population of 6,910,840.
140,000 illegal aliens represent 2.026% of Tennessee’s population. Though this seems a small fraction, it’s enough to make a difference in close elections.

Governors should issue an America First model executive order to enforce state election laws and ensure that only eligible U.S. citizens vote.
State legislators should pass legislation that ensures only U.S. citizens are voting using the America First model policy.
State election officials should conduct regular voter roll maintenance for transparency and accountability.
Voters should support ballot initiatives to enshrine citizen-only voting in their state Constitution and elect officials who will enforce it.