Steve Simon: “These indictments affirm the fact that noncitizen voting is a vanishingly rare crime.”

Unfortunate distraction.

There’s been a real rupture in the relationship between the federal government and the states over voter security.

It’s unhelpful to have political leaders, including the secretary of Homeland Security, hinting at imprisoning election administrators who don’t do what they want,” Simon told Votebeat. “That’s just not helpful.

It’s pretty clear states are almost entirely on their own this election cycle and cannot rely on the federal government for election assistance,” said Simon.