Trump administration threatens to criminally prosecute Idaho election officials if noncitizens vote
McGrane
The Trump administration warned Idaho’s top election official that local and state election officials could be criminally prosecuted if they don’t stop noncitizens from voting in the federal 2026 midterm elections.
The letter — which is similar to ones that the U.S. Justice Department sent to all 50 states this week — raises the stakes of the Trump administration’s push to eradicate noncitizen voting, a crime that several experts say is rare, including in Idaho.
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