Do non-citizens vote in US elections?
The answer, of course, is “yes, it is.”That’s the subject of the latest episode Drill downfeaturing co-host Eric Eggers and his 2018 book scam We investigated the history and various ways in which election fraud has historically occurred in U.S. elections.
a recent academic research Research based on surveys conducted for cooperative parliamentary elections has shown evidence that non-citizens vote in elections in significant numbers. Of the noncitizens surveyed, 27 percent were registered to vote, and 13 percent of them actually voted.
In response, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) Laws introduced Require proof of citizenship before registering to vote.
Peter Schweitzer and Eggers argue that the influx of illegal immigrants (estimated at 16 million since Joe Biden took office) means the potential pool of illegal voters will increase from 1 million votes to 2.7 million votes. It is pointed out that there are.
The problem is that many states do not require proof of citizenship other than paper proof that the registrant is a U.S. citizen. The new bill requires proof to be provided at the time of registration. A further problem is that state registrars do not even have access to national databases that verify the citizenship and current registration status of registered voters, and voter registration efforts conducted by advocacy groups are not required to prove it. is.
Eggers’ book includes research done on voter rolls in 32 states, showing, for example, that through cross-referencing, voters in two different states cast more than 4,000 votes in the same election. .
Questions of election integrity came to the fore in the 2020 election as many states relaxed rules for mail-in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic, making the verification process more difficult.
Drill down I reported on Biden administration initiatives Use federal offices in key battleground states to conduct voter registration drives among the voters they serve. Peter and Eric also welcome election integrity advocates like Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote, whose group also Documented issues with voter registration systems.
Eggers is a political figure whose key official in the Biden administration’s voter registration drive is Tom Perez, who previously ran a group called Casa Maryland, which advocates for voting rights for noncitizens in the state. He points out that he is an activist.
Schweitzer and Eggers close the show with a list possible reforms That way, voting will be safer, more reliable, and fairer.
- We need a national database to which each state submits voter roll data for cross-reference.
- Citizenship data should be provided to local election authorities.
- Noncitizen immigrants should not be allowed to register to make it easier to register to vote, as some states allow in so-called motor vehicle voter laws.
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