Utah Audit Finds 27 Noncitizens on Voter Rolls
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Utah's yearlong citizenship review of more than 2 million voter records confirmed 99.72% are verified U.S. citizens, and the 27 confirmed noncitizens have already been removed from the rolls. The system caught real problems and fixed them, including a glitch in the online registration portal that's now been patched. This is exactly what responsible election administration looks like: thorough, transparent and committed to protecting every eligible voter's rights.
Establishment-critical narrative
Utah's so-called "comprehensive" citizenship audit only ran 71,256 of its 2+ million voter records through the federal SAVE database — leaving 5,007 voters with unconfirmed citizenship status and 25 probable noncitizens still unresolved. Texas ran its entire voter list of 18 million through SAVE and flagged 2,724 potential noncitizens. A real audit uses every available federal tool on every single record, and Utah's half-measure falls dangerously short of that standard.
