South Car­oli­na gov­er­nor says ille­gal immi­grants don’t pose risk for vot­er integri­ty in his state

Gov. Hen­ry McMas­ter (R‑SC) expressed his con­fi­dence in South Carolina’s vot­er reg­is­tra­tion sys­tem after a state law­mak­er report­ed state agen­cies tried to reg­is­ter ille­gal immi­grants to vote.  
Ear­li­er this month, the gov­er­nor request­ed that the South Car­oli­na Law Enforce­ment Divi­sion inves­ti­gate Repub­li­can state Rep. Adam Morgan’s claims the South Car­oli­na Med­ic­aid office had repeat­ed­ly sent vot­er reg­is­tra­tion forms to a nonci­t­i­zen refugee. 

South Car­oli­na Rep. Adam Mor­gan waits to speak on a bill that would lim­it the way cer­tain top­ics could be taught in pub­lic schools dur­ing a con­fer­ence com­mit­tee meet­ing on Tues­day, May 7, 2024, in Colum­bia, South Car­oli­na. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

“The SLED inves­ti­ga­tion has con­firmed the integri­ty of South Carolina’s vot­er reg­is­tra­tion sys­tem, as pre­vi­ous offi­cial audits have con­firmed,” McMas­ter said in a state­ment. “Agen­cies are prop­er­ly com­ply­ing with state and fed­er­al vot­er reg­is­tra­tion laws, and no evi­dence of unlaw­ful activ­i­ty was found. In addi­tion, the SLED report high­lights that the cit­i­zen­ship ver­i­fi­ca­tion poli­cies and pro­ce­dures being fol­lowed by state elec­tion offi­cials are designed to pre­vent non-cit­i­zens from becom­ing eli­gi­ble to vote.”
Dur­ing the inves­ti­ga­tion, Rep. William Tim­mons (R‑SC) repeat­ed­ly crit­i­cized Morgan’s alle­ga­tions. In response to SLED’s find­ings, Tim­mons post­ed on X that “Adam’s con­coc­tion was one more attempt to gar­ner atten­tion for his fail­ing Con­gres­sion­al cam­paign. As a result of Morgan’s claims, tax dol­lars were wast­ed, and SC elec­tion work­ers faced death threats.”
Mor­gan respond­ed, “My ‘Repub­li­can’ oppo­nent is FINE that vot­er reg­is­tra­tion forms are being sent to non-cit­i­zens in his dis­trict! Even claim­ing this is a ‘lie.’ Actu­al­ly the inves­ti­ga­tion cor­rob­o­rat­ed that non-cit­i­zens are being sent reg­is­tra­tion forms, and it’s required by fed­er­al law!”
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