Biden voter registration effort targets vulnerable Americans likely to vote Democrat, memos show

Evidence obtained by congressional investigators reveals sprawling federal effort targeting youth, farm workers and Native Americans and those seeking food stamps and job training.

Congressional investigators have obtained evidence that the Biden administration has launched a sprawling effort to use federally funded job training and food stamp programs to register new voters in Democrat-skewing demographic groups such as young adults and Native Americans, fueling concerns the federal government is placing a partisan thumb on the scales in the midterm elections.

Part of the plan, spurred by a 2021 executive order by President Joe Biden, is captured in an eight-page memo that the Labor Department’s Employment and Training Administration sent out in March to state and local officials responsible for providing training to workers in need of jobs.

The memo explicitly authorizes states to use the American Job Center Network, a federally-funded job training program with more than 2,000 outlets nationwide, to facilitate voter registration among workers seeking its help, specifically targeting Native American, youth and farm workers.

“States may choose to designate American Job Centers (AJCs), a nationwide network of almost 2,400 locally-operated centers providing job training and employment services, as voter registration agencies,” the memo stated. “Additionally, some DOL-funded programs operated in and out of AJCs can also assist individual participants in registering to vote.”

The memo readily acknowledges the Labor Department is using for voter registration purposes programs created by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that were “designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with skilled workers.”

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