Politics
WATCH: Philadelphia Election Official Tells Non-Citizens They Can Vote
A shocking investigative report from the O’Keefe Media Group captured a Philadelphia election worker claiming that non-citizens can vote so long as they have residency in the city.
“In a recent conversation with an undercover O’Keefe Media Group journalist, Milton Jamerson, Election And Voter Registration Clerk from the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office, stated that non-citizens can vote in local elections as long as they are residents of Philadelphia,” OMG founder James O’Keefe wrote in an X post. The claim was repeated by the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Ceiba, which is located just across the street from the office.
The NGO asserted that individuals with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) are eligible to vote, regardless of their citizenship status.
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“An ITIN is a 9-digit number issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to individuals who are required to file a tax return but do not qualify for a Social Security number. While the ITIN serves as a means for tax reporting for those who are not U.S. citizens, possessing an ITIN does not equate to legal voting rights, raising questions about Ceiba’s claim that ITIN’s deem individuals eligible for participation in the electoral process,” O’Keefe continued.
“If I have an ITIN, I can vote?” an undercover O’Keefe Media Group reporter asked Ceiba worker Julissa Agosto, who nodded “yes.”
“Even if I’m not a resident or a citizen?” the reporter followed up, to which Agosto replied, “Yes.”
In a follow-up video, Philadelphia Election and Voter Registration Clerk Milton Jamerson once again claimed that individuals only need to be Philadelphia residents in order to vote. “But when I say resident, that means of the entire United States? But you’re just worried about Philadelphia. You don’t care about anything else. You just want them to have a social security number or not you can vote?” the reporter asked as Jamerson nodded along.
Philadelphia City Commissioners' Office Tells Non-Citizens They Can Vote if They Are Philly Residents; NGO 'Ceiba' Across the Street Sends Non-Citizen Voter with an 'ITIN' pic.twitter.com/NhuEEIWV7V
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 5, 2024
As of September, 2023, there were more than 300,000 illegal aliens living in Philadelphia and a little more than 400,000 in the entire state of Pennsylvania. President Biden — who was born in Scranton and claims the Keystone State as his home — won Pennsylvania by a little more than 80,000 votes in 2020, a margin of 0.72 percent.
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