Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday said that states that do not purge their voter rolls of potentially ineligible voters and noncitizens could lose funding.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin speaks during a news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, on July 17, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesIt came as he said the DHS has identified more than 250,000 noncitizens who were illegally on voter registration rolls in four states: California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Nevada.
"We know Iran hacked state voter files and attempted to compromise our systems where military members used to vote," he said, adding that DHS "security enhancements" will be mandatory.
"If these states want a grant, and they want to be reimbursed to run federal elections, they're going to have to implement security measures."
Voting systems have to be secured, and voter registration lists need to be "scrubbed," Mullin said.
"We need to make sure that individuals that are legally able to vote are voting," he said.
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"President Trump is correct when he said that election security is national security ... this is just exposing what took place and to make sure it never happens again.
"And there's some really easy steps that can be taken to secure our election
