PHOENIX - A top official at the U.S. Department of Justice is threatening to prosecute election workers in Arizona who knowingly leave noncitizens on voter rolls or facilitates them receiving and casting ballots.
In a letter Tuesday, Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the agency's Civil Rights Division, told Arizona Secretary of State that federal law "obviously makes it unlawful for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.'' But she warned that criminal liability does not end there.
"State election officers, including the chief election officer of the state, could be criminally prosecuted'' for aiding and abetting violations of various federal laws, like letting aliens falsely and willfully represent themselves as citizens, as well as voting in federal races.
