Elections Democrats refuse to bar illegals from voting

[White Whale]

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d4b83c7e-3d52-11ef-baac-a3169c50d800.html

House Democrats encouraged to oppose bill banning non-citizens from voting

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have been encouraged to vote against a bill that implements greater safeguards to ensure that non-citizens aren’t registered to vote in federal elections and imposes consequences if they are.

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, filed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, first announced in May, which is expected to come up for a vote this week.

Democrats hold a minority in the House and are unlikely to block the bill from passing. In a “Whip Question” sent to House Democrats by House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., first published by Axios, she encouraged Democrats to vote against it, saying, “As we've seen a number of times this Congress, House Republicans continue to irresponsibly call into question the credibility of our elections. Despite numerous recounts, challenges in court, and deep-dives by conservative think-tanks, there has been zero evidence of the widespread fraud that this bill purports to target. It is already illegal under current law for noncitizens to register to vote or to vote in federal elections.”


Democrats believe non citizens should vote in American elections.

This bill will be stopped in Senate and the Biden administration has openly opposed it so it won't be passed.

Democrats don't care about democracy or citizens they only care about staying in power.

 

[Cherry Brigand]

How is it even possible for a non-citizen to vote? Why is this even a discussion.

 

[Rational Poster]

How is it even possible for a non-citizen to vote? Why is this even a discussion.

It's not, it's bullshit political theater.

It takes like 10 or more year for a non-citizen to gain voting rights.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

How is it even possible for a non-citizen to vote? Why is this even a discussion.

First, they gaslight you by claiming that non-citizen voting isn't a real issue because it's already illegal and the instances of it happening are miniscule.

Then they put the entire force of the democrat party behind stopping any legislation that strengthens the law.

hmm........

 

[Lucas1980]

How is it even possible for a non-citizen to vote? Why is this even a discussion.

Yeah..there's got to be something more to this story, No one on either "side" could possibly agree with this.

 

[BIKES!]

How is it even possible for a non-citizen to vote? Why is this even a discussion.

The election isn't decided by legal voters, it's decided by the counters. No surprise 2020 had the biggest swing in history by mysterious accumulation of Biden-ballots in the 25th hour after Vegas had deemed Trump -1150 to win. Vegas has never been more wrong, but of course everything was fair.

 

[emefer]

Republicans want to make voting by illegals even more illegaler and the pesky dems won’t

 

[Rational Poster]

Republicans want to make voting by illegals even more illegaler and the pesky dems won’t

I for one and glad they are proposing a bill to make something already illegal illegal again instead of proposing a bill that actually helps the country.

 

[Jack V Savage]

It's not, it's bullshit political theater.

It takes like 10 or more year for a non-citizen to gain voting rights.

It's in the OP too. No excuse for the headline or the mistake.

 

[Rational Poster]

It's in the OP too. No excuse for the headline or the mistake.

I'm sure it won't be moderated like the 1000 other bullshit stories copy pasted by this TS, either.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

 

[spamking]

How is it even possible for a non-citizen to vote? Why is this even a discussion.

 

[White Whale]

I for one and glad they are proposing a bill to make something already illegal illegal again instead of proposing a bill that actually helps the country.

Assault, murder and theft are also illegal yet they still happen.

 

[Rational Poster]

Assault, murder and theft are also illegal yet they still happen.

Do you think if we make a second law for each to make them illegal again it would help cut down on assault, murder and theft?

 

[White Whale]

Do you think if we make a second law for each to make them illegal again it would help cut down on assault, murder and theft?

This law is about proving citizenship in order to vote, It’s not very complicated.

 

[Rational Poster]

This law is about proving citizenship in order to vote, It’s not very complicated.

It's already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections and the punishment is permanent removal from the country even if you were here legally.

 

[llperez22]

so is this basically a voter ID law? I mean ballots come with names and addresses on them so I assume that people would never even get a ballot unless they were already citizens right? Of course people could always steal a ballot but would be hard to prevent that from happening

 

[blackheart]

It's already illegal for non-citizens to vote.

"Why won't democrats join us in our virtue signaling and swinging punches at the air?!"

brilliant thread

 

[DrDune]

In Nevada, illegal immigrants can legally obtain a driver's license. The only form of documentation to become a registered voter in my state is ID with a valid address.

I do not know the answer to this - if an illegal immigrant with a valid driver's license registers to vote, say at one of the stands outside of the grocery store, what's the process after that? Is the name, corresponding to non-citizenship, flagged at the Secretary of State level and dismissed? Would a ballot be issued, even though it's illegal for this person to vote?

I honestly have no idea what the process is like if a non-citizen attempts to register and vote. I do know that, in my state, they have the necessary government issued ID to theoretically register.

 

[Rational Poster]

In Nevada, illegal immigrants can legally obtain a driver's license. The only form of documentation to become a registered voter in my state is ID with a valid address.

I do not know the answer to this - if an illegal immigrant with a valid driver's license registers to vote, say at one of the stands outside of the grocery store, what's the process after that? Is the name, corresponding to non-citizenship, flagged at the Secretary of State level and dismissed? Would a ballot be issued, even though it's illegal for this person to vote?

I honestly have no idea what the process is like if a non-citizen attempts to register and vote. I do know that, in my state, they have the necessary government issued ID to theoretically register.

If they try to do it in a federal election they would get deported and barred from re-entry when caught. States and local elections differ by state/locality.