>> WE LEAVE IT THERE. DAVID HELPAP, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. >> AND THIS ELECTION YEAR FACT
CHECK TONIGHT, A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT
IN WISCONSIN SPECIFIES THAT ONLY A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AGE 18
OR OLDER MAY VOTE IN AN ELECTION FOR NATIONAL, STATE, OR LOCAL
OFFICE OR REFERENDUM. THE AMENDMENT CHANGES CURRENT
CONSTITUTIONAL LANGUAGE FROM EVERY U.S. CITIZEN TO ONLY A
U.S. CITIZEN. REPUBLICAN AUTHORS OF THE
LANGUAGE SAY IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE SOME STATES HAVE ALLOWED
NON-U.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.
WITH MIGRATION BEING A PRIME CAMPAIGN ISSUE, DONALD TRUMP IS
PUSHING FEARS OF NONCITIZENS VOTING.
BUT AS STEVEN POTTER FINDS, THIS KIND OF VOTER FRAUD IS
VANISHINGLY RARE. >> OUR STATE ISSUES VALID
DRIVER'S LICENSES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NONCITIZENS AND ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. HOW DO YOU CATCH THAT?
>> CONVINCED OF FRAUD IN THE LAST ELECTION, PEOPLE IN A
RECENT ELECTION EDUCATION EVENT IN WEST BEND RAISED A WORRY OVER
IMMIGRANTS VOTING ILLEGALLY IN 2024.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN HAS ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSES TO OVER
A QUARTER MILLION NONLEGAL, ILLEGAL, WHATEVER THE RIGHT
TERMINOLOGY IS, IMMIGRANTS IN THE STATE.
>> BUT THAT NUMBER REFERS TO NON-U.S. CITIZENS WHO ARE
LEGALLY PRESENT HERE AS PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR TEMPORARY
VISITORS. MOTOR VEHICLES HAS ISSUED MORE
THAN 258,000 DRIVER'S LICENSES AND 41,000 PHOTO I.D. CARDS TO
NON-U.S. CITIZENS SINCE 2019. THOSE WISCONSIN DRIVER'S
LICENSES, OR PHOTO I.D.s, ARE STAMPED WITH LIMITED TERM OR
NON-DOMICILED UNLESS THE PERSON IS A PERMANENT RESIDENT WHOSE
CARDS HAVE NO SUCH STAMP. A PHOTO I.D. IS REID RED REQUIRE
IN WISCONSIN BUT NONCITIZENS CANNOT USE THEIR I.D.s OR
LICENSES TO REGISTER AND VOTE. DESPITE CONCERNS THAT THEY ARE
IN LARGE NUMBERS, THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION SAYS THAT
SINCE 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE NONCITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN
REFERRED FOR PROSECUTION FOR VOTING ILLEGALLY.
MOSTLY MISUNDERSTANDING THEIR ELIGIBILITY.
HAPPENS BEFORE ANYONE CASTS A BALLOT.
PERSON MUST CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF LAW THAT THEY'RE A
U.S. CITIZEN. NONCITIZENS RISK BEING ARRESTED,
JAILED, AND DEPORTED IF THEY DO VOTE ILLEGALLY.
AS TO THE QUESTION HOW DO YOU CATCH THAT, WISCONSIN ELECTIONS
COMMISSION TOLD US THERE IS NO MECHANISM AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT
REAL TIME CHECKS ON A VOTER'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS.
NO STATE OR FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THE WEC OR CLERKS TO VERIFY A
VOTER'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS, BUT THEY ALSO SAID THERE'S NOT
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT NONCITIZENS ARE VOTING IN
WISCONSIN IN SIGNIFICANT WISCONSIN IN SIGNIFICANT