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Dozens of cars across an Alexandria neighborhood turned up with flyers bearing a Department of Homeland Security logo this week, warning in stark terms that “illegal aliens” are barred from voting and inviting residents to report violations to a hotline. Neighbors who found the notices say they fear the real goal was simpler and darker: scaring eligible voters away from the polls just as Virginia’s early voting window ticks toward its close.
The flyers, titled an “Arlington Community Watch Sanctuary City Information Notice,” appeared on cars spanning several blocks, according to WTOP News. The text asserted that U.S. law bars “illegal aliens” from voting in presidential, vice-presidential, Senate or House elections, or from entering or residing in the United States, and it carried a hotline number for reporting alleged violations of federal voting or immigration law. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the outlet the agency had nothing to do with distributing the material…