Auditor General DeFoor Releases Pennsylvania Motor Voter Performance Audit: Finds System Works; Controls and Security Around it Need to Improve

• Share

April 17, 2026 - Harrisburg, PA

Auditor General DeFoor Releases Pennsylvania Motor Voter Performance Audit: Finds System Works; Controls and Security Around it Need to Improve

Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today released a performance audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Motor Voter process, which allows eligible citizens to apply to register to vote when they obtain or renew a driver's license or ID card, saying the system works as intended but there needs to be better internal controls and security protocols in place.

"Pennsylvanians need to know the Motor Voter process works, but the internal controls and security protocols around it must improve," Auditor General DeFoor said. "In the process of our audit, we determined that in one out of the 58 applications we identified for further review, PennDOT improperly allowed one non-U.S. citizen to apply to register to vote. The Motor Voter process worked as intended, but due to human error the driver's license camera card had incorrect information about the individual's citizenship. That is unacceptable."

Speakers:
Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor
Peggy Morningstar, Special Assistant to the Deputy Auditors General for Audits
Todd Wisniewski, Director of the Bureau of IT Audits

• Press Release

• Download Video For Websites
• Download Video For Broadcast