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Election fact check: Noncitizens can't vote, and instances are 'vanishingly rare'

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Recent audits of voter rolls reveal very few instances of noncitizen voting.

Noncitizens are prohibited from voting in federal elections by a 1996 law that penalizes offenders with heavy fines, up to one year in prison, and deportation.

Ohio 's attorney general recently announced indictments against six alleged noncitizens who had voted in a national election.

Hazelhoff immigrated from Holland in the 1970s before putting down roots in Alabama .

He registered to vote despite being previously issued a noncitizen ID number decades ago .

Hazelhoff: "It should not be happening here. It just shouldn't" The Department of Justice successfully stopped Alabama and Virginia from removing suspected noncitizens from their voter rolls.

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