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Motion to ask investigators to review alleged noncitizen voting fails for lack of second
Summary
A board member proposed sending investigators a letter asking them to examine potential election‑law violations by self‑declared noncitizen registrants; the motion was not seconded and therefore died on the floor.
During new business, a board member moved that the board send a draft letter to investigators conducting a concurrent probe and ask them to include potential election‑law violations related to alleged noncitizen voting. The motion cited a county review that identified several hundred individuals with voting history entries who had self‑declared noncitizen status in various filings.
The mover said the county analysis identified hundreds of records and urged the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office and other investigators to consider whether election laws had been broken. Board members questioned the methodology and some observations: another member said she had reviewed the list and found individuals who had lived in Fairfax County for decades and likely had been misrecorded, while others urged caution before escalating the matter.
Because no board member seconded the motion, it died on the floor. The chair noted the motion failed for lack of a second and the board moved on. There was no formal investigation direction adopted by the board at the meeting.
The transcript captures the motion and its failure; the board did not adopt any follow‑up action on the alleged noncitizen voting counts at that time.
