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Alaska Sends Citizenship Letters to Voters | Durham News
Alaska’s election officials sent over 3,000 letters to voters asking them to confirm their citizenship — a startling spike that’s sparked alarm among lawmakers, even though recipients are U.S. citizens. The state insists it’s a safeguard against fraud, temporarily placing non-responders on an inactive list while allowing them to vote provisionally if they swear they’re eligible. The confusion stems from a “nonroutine” DMV request in March that flagged 15,000 applicants whose citizenship status hadn’t been updated — possibly because they got licenses before becoming citizens. Experts say…
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