DHS says only 185 non-citizens confirmed on Nevada voter rolls after initial estimate of 15,903
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The Department of Homeland Security reduced its estimate of non-citizen registrations in Nevada to 185 confirmed cases, noting that the earlier figure of 15,903 was a preliminary ceiling pending further review.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Nevada election officials that, of an initial list of up to 15,903 potential non-citizen voters, only 185 have been confirmed as non-citizens after manual review. DHS officials said the remaining 14,000-plus names still require additional verification, and an extra 6,218 records were shared with the state as “higher confidence matches” for further checking.
Kimberley Vogt, a DHS official, wrote to Nevada officials that the 15,903 figure represented a ceiling of possible non-citizens and that the department was still reviewing the data. A DHS spokesperson later clarified that the 185 individuals were the only ones that had undergone manual review, while the larger list was provided at Nevada’s request to allow a phased approach.
Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar said the state would not risk disenfranchising eligible voters without high confidence in any ineligibility findings. "Weeks after the President held a national, primetime speech making sweeping claims regarding noncitizens and the security of our elections, DHS representatives informed our office that the numbers that were provided to the public are preliminary and that there is not high enough confidence to be able to share the full dataset with Nevada officials," Aguilar said.
During a meeting on August 14, Nevada elections director Mark Wlaschin and staff asked DHS to explain its methodology. DHS officials said they compared Nevada’s public voter rolls from July 2025 with internal immigration data from U.S. Customs and Immigration Services. The meeting also included Heather Honey, a former election-denial activist now working for DHS.
Election-integrity experts noted that the administration’s earlier claims of thousands of non-citizen voters have repeatedly been reduced after scrutiny. David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, said the pattern shows the administration “continues to make baseless claims of widespread noncitizen voting” and has not provided supporting methodology when states request it.