A Census Bureau report on noncitizen voting has ties to a Trump-aligned think tank

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President Trump is using an unusual report from the Census Bureau to renew false claims of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens. NPR has learned the analysis that he’s relying on has ties to a think tank aligned with Trump, and both data and election experts say the report’s conclusions are questionable. NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang has this report.

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A Census Bureau report on noncitizen voting has ties to a Trump-aligned think tank

President Trump is using an unusual report from the Census Bureau to renew false claims of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens. NPR has learned the analysis that he’s relying on has ties to a think tank aligned with Trump, and both data and election experts say the report’s conclusions are questionable. NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang has this report.

Click here to read the full article.

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