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EAST 14TH STREET IS BEING USED AS A DETOUR. ELECTION DAY IS JUST 13 DAYS FROM NOW, BUT A RECENT AUDIT OF VOTER RECORDS IS SPARKING A NEW DEBATE BEFORE THE POLLS OPEN, IT REVEALED THAT DOZENS OF NON-CITIZEN VOTERS HAVE CAST A BALLOT IN PAST ELECTIONS. ����vlog MARCUS MCINTOSH IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE POLK COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VOTING EARLY SINCE LAST WEEK. OH, NO. WELL, I THINK THE FEAR MARCUS IS IS THAT SOME FEEL THEY’RE BEING TARGETED BY THIS AUDIT. VERY TRUE. STACEY AND BEN, THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, LULAC SAYS IT MAKES LATINOS IN IOWA FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A TARGET ON THEIR BACK, ONE THEY WILL TAKE WITH THEM TO THE POLLS. IT’S ALWAYS POINTED TO OUR COMMUNITY. AN AUDIT RELEASED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE FOUND MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONABLE CITIZENSHIP VOTED OR REGISTERED TO VOTE IN IOWA. THE INFORMATION WAS RELEASED AFTER THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE SAYS IT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CROSS-CHECK THE NAMES WITH THE LIST FROM THEIR OFFICE. WE WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THE VOTERS A CLEAN, OPEN, FAIR ELECTION AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR ELECTION REGISTRATION DATABASE OF ALL OUR ELIGIBLE VOTERS IS MOST ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE AS POSSIBLE. SO ON A REGULAR BASIS ARE UPDATING IT. THOSE WHOSE CITIZENSHIP IS UNCLEAR WILL GET A PROVISIONAL BALLOT THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BEFORE IT IS COUNTED. THEY’RE PLAYING POLITICS. JOE HENRY WITH THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, SAYS THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO CATCH PEOPLE TRYING TO VOTE FRAUDULENTLY. THEY COULD HAVE THAT PROVE RIGHT AWAY BY REVIEWING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. DRIVER’S LICENSES, ALL THOSE THINGS. HENRY SAYS WITH SOME RACES BEING VERY CLOSE, CONFIRMING OR DENYING THE 2000 PLUS PEOPLE IN QUESTION IS SOMETHING THAT CAN EASILY BE DONE BEFORE ELECTION DAY. DO THE WORK THAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. VERIFY THIS BEFORE THE ELECTION. DON’T HOLD THESE 2022 PEOPLE OUT THERE AND TELL THEM YOU’RE JUST GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO DO PROVISIONAL BALLOT RIGHT NOW. HENRY SAYS HE HAS NOT SEEN THE LIST OF THE MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONABLE CITIZENSHIP WHO HAVE EITHER VOTED OR HAVE REGISTERED TO VOTE. BUT HE SAYS IN ISSUES LIKE THIS, THE FOCUS USUALLY FALLS ON PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WE’RE LIVE IN DES MOINES.