Here’s how many cases of voter fraud Rokita, Morales found after suing the feds
Dec. 3, 2025, 1:38 p.m. ET
Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales and Attorney General Todd Rokita reported that 21 noncitizens have voted in recent Indiana elections, information they obtained from settling a lawsuit against the federal government regarding the state’s quest to verify the citizenship of nearly 600,000 Indiana voters.
Morales and Rokita settled the lawsuit with a handful of other Republican-led states after suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in April, arguing that the agency failed to provide information to help the state verify citizenship.
New tools provided by the federal government to verify the state’s voter rolls — including free verification services, integration with the Social Security Administration and an information-sharing agreement with the federal government — revealed in a preliminary analysis that 165 noncitizens have registered to vote in the state, and nearly two dozen voted in recent Indiana elections, though it’s unclear which elections were included in that analysis. The Secretary of State’s Office didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
“This landmark settlement provides Indiana with long-overdue tools to protect the integrity of our elections,” Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales in a statement. “Hoosiers deserve absolute confidence that every lawful vote counts and that our voter rolls are accurate and secure. I am grateful for President Trump’s leadership and his administration’s commitment to upholding election integrity.”
Morales and Rokita previously argued in the lawsuit that DHS’ lack of response by both the Biden and Trump administrations when it asked for the federal government’s help verifying the citizenship of about 600,000 voters left Indiana “unable to verify the citizenship of many individuals on Indiana’s voter rolls.”
Their request, right before the 2024 general election, was criticized by voting rights advocates who called it voter intimidation.
Studies have continued to show that voter fraud is rare in Indiana and across the U.S., though it does occasionally happen. Earlier this year, Diego forwarded a case of illegal voting to the Vigo County Prosecutor’s Office after an investigation found the person had voted multiple times dating back to 2018.
About three million Hoosiers voted in the 2024 general election. If all 21 noncitizen votes found by Rokita and Morales took place in the 2024 election, it would amount to .0007% of the electorate that year.
“From day one, many individuals dismissed our work as a ‘witch hunt’—but the facts speak for themselves: non-citizen voting is real here in our state, and even one illegal ballot undermines the trust we are told to have in our election processes and even the Republic itself,” Rokita said in a release. “This settlement delivers the federal access we’re entitled to under law, allowing the Secretary of State to swiftly remove ineligible voters from the rolls and fortify our system against future risks. Indiana’s elections will be more transparent, fairer and more secure as a result.”
Contact senior government accountability reporter Hayleigh Colombo at hcolombo@indystar.com or follow her on X@hayleighcolombo.
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