With a close election, it was inevitable that conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe would bring his hidden cameras and actors to North Carolina.
His goal here: Prove that political campaigns are OK with non-citizens voting in the election. In his new video, a woman poses as a Brazilian-born immigrant who asks campaign volunteers outside early voting sites if she can vote.
She admits to being in the country illegally but says she has a voter registration card. O’Keefe’s premise is riffing off a State Board of Elections audit that found 1,425 registered voters who are likely non-citizens.
O’Keefe didn’t get anyone with major campaigns to take the bait, nor does the video show any poll workers allowing noncitizens to vote. He also doesn’t show anyone in the Triangle, although the video does show O’Keefe entering a Durham County early voting site.