The Brennan Center for Justice says a federal system to verify immigration status for government benefits, now being used for voting purposes, may not be fully reliable. (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht/Tennessee Lookout)

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett notified the president he is referring 42 “potential non-U.S. citizens” to the FBI for illegal votes.

Those potential illegal voters account for 0.0001% of all registered voters in Tennessee.

Responding to a letter from President Donald Trump congratulating him for using the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, Hargett thanked the president for improving the system to help Tennessee “protect our voter rolls.”

“The collaborative spirit and speed with which your administration worked to improve SAVE and

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