EXCLUSIVE – A little-known nonprofit conducting a major voter registration effort ahead of the 2024 election is facing congressional scrutiny over noncitizen voting considerations, according to a letter.
On Tuesday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) sent the letter to Vot-ER, a charity that a Washington Examiner investigation found is funded through left-wing dark money outfits and has partnered with advocacy centers. public fitness to register. patients to vote. The congressman addressed the letter to Vot-ER director Aliya Bhatia, a left-wing activist, and CEO Judith Faulkner of Epic Systems, a fitness software company that was allegedly connected to Vot-ER’s activities.
“I am writing to you with considerations regarding the joint voter registration efforts undertaken through your respective organizations,” Roy wrote in the letter to Bhatia and Faulkner. “Specifically, as evidence mounts across the country that non-citizens have illegally registered to vote in federal elections, I am writing to ask about the steps your organizations are taking to ensure that non-citizens are not register in federal elections. the electoral rolls as part of their joint effort.
Vot-ER, which did not respond to a request for comment from the Washington Examiner, founded by Alister Martin, a doctor and former adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Vot-ER staff are meeting at a 2021 assembly with the president’s executive office, the Department of Justice and other agencies to plan for the implementation of an executive order issued by President Joe Biden that gives agencies new equipment to register voters, the Washington Examiner reported. Republican lawmakers and conservative legal experts say the order appears unconstitutional.
Roy’s letter cited an archived Vot-ER press release from this previous year that said that “Epic, the electronic fitness record formula serving more than 305 million patients nationwide, now includes features of registration on the electoral rolls for all clients! The Texas The Extra Republican cited an Epic Systems document received through its workplace indicating that Epic physical care provider facilities can implement equipment developed through Vot-ER, “a link that directs patients to a nonpartisan tool where they can register to vote. “
However, Roy wrote in his letter that the documents received through his workplace do not mention the measures physical care providers take “to ensure that non-citizens do not illegally register to vote in federal elections. “
The Washington Examiner reported in May that outdoor teams making plans to enforce Biden’s voter registration order had advised registering illegal immigrants. The May report also found that Vot-ER had posted content on YouTube about “what to do if your patient says they are undocumented. “
“This is concerning given that the border crisis has strained many hospital systems in the United States due to the increasing number of care from illegal extraterrestrial beings, specifically in emergency rooms,” Roy said.
“Worse, Vot-ER has actively opposed efforts to prevent noncitizens from illegally registering to vote in federal elections,” Roy added in his letter, raising Vot-ER’s opposition to a law that would “require states to download proof of identity. ” before registering a user on the voter lists.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Epic Systems spokeswoman Coral Graszner said her company is still reviewing Roy’s letter.
Graszner insisted that the software Epic provides to consumers “collects voter registration data or attaches it to any voter registration website. “
“We don’t know of any consumers who have set up their Epic example to collect voter registration information,” Graszner said. “Whether a consumer chooses to interact in voter registration efforts or their spouse with a voter registration organization is up to them. “
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Roy asked Faulkner and Bhatia to provide data on the number of other people who registered to vote in federal elections or requested a survey from the partnership between Epic Systems and Vot-ER.
The Republican congressman also needs to know how the teams intend to thwart non-citizen voting, whether Epic Systems with Vot-ER opposes evidence of the citizenship law, and whether Vot-ER believes non-citizens deserve to be allowed vote.