How does Pennsylvania run its elections? [Video]

“This just comes up over and over again, these concerns about the election system,” said Daniel Mallinson, an associate professor of public policy and administration at Penn State. “All these claims of coordinated voter fraud or noncitizens voting in large numbers, there just isn’t evidence of that.”

Here’s a closer look at the facts.

NONCITIZEN VOTING

The specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has become a leading election-year talking point for Republicans. But voting by people who are not U.S. citizens already is illegal in federal elections and there is no indication it’s happening anywhere in significant numbers. And Pennsylvania, like many states, prohibits noncitizens from voting in elections for state offices.

A 1996 federal lawallows fines and imprisonment for up to a year for noncitizens who vote in federal elections. Violators can also be deported. When people …