Posted on 03/15/2023 7:01:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Several national grassroots organizations on Monday joined Americans for Citizen Voting to voice our opposition to a new law (Local Resident Voting Rights Act) that allows non-citizens to vote in D.C.’s elections. The change in law, unfortunately, went into effect the next day. The purpose of our press conference was to put pressure on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring up for a vote SJR 5 and SJR 6 which bans non-citizen voting in The District.
I was joined by Election Transparency Initiative‘s National Chairman Ken Cuccinelli, J. Hogan Gidley, Vice Chair, Center for Election Integrity at America First Policy Institute, and Christian Adams, President & General Counsel at the Public Interest Legal Foundation.
This new law allows non-citizens in the nation’s capital to vote in local elections – whether they are residing in the District legally or illegally. The only requirement is they have to establish residency at least 30 days before the election. To add insult to injury, the law also allows foreign nationals working at the Chinese and Russian embassies and those of other foreign nations to vote in local elections.
A resolution (H.J. Res. 24) to block D.C.’s non-citizen voting ordinance overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House in February and in true bipartisan fashion, with 42 Democrats joining every Republican. However, Senate Democrats have refused to bring H.J. Res. 24 to a vote in the Senate.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz authored a bill in January that would prohibit the Washington, D.C. city government from using federal funds to facilitate non-citizen voting in elections in our nation’s capital. Cruz was unable to attend the press conference but did provide the following statement:
“Allowing non-citizens to vote is a direct assault on what it means to be an American citizen and it is a brazen attack on the rule of law. Not only does it violate the principles our nation was founded upon, but also invites foreign meddling in our elections. Voting is a privilege and responsibility for American citizens and I will not stop fighting to defend the rights of American citizens to vote.”
Even the Washington Post Editorial Board, in an editorial titled, “D.C. is Considering Legislation to Let Non-citizens Vote. That’s a Bad Idea” wrote:
“Voting is a foundational right of citizenship. That’s why we oppose a bill, poised to pass the D.C. Council this week, that would allow an estimated 50,000 noncitizen residents to cast ballots in local elections.
Here are a few quotes from the press conference. Below is a video of the press conference at The National Press Club.
“It is amazing to me that the [D.C. City Council] will zero in on criminals but ignore, not only illegal aliens and non-citizens, but literally the employees of our enemy nations – Russia, China, etc – who can now vote.” –Ken Cuccinelli
“So many people work so hard for so long and faithfully follow the law because the prospect of citizenship is precious and it is priceless.” – Hogan Gidley
“This is a civil rights issue. It’s a civil rights issue because the rights of non-citizens to vote has the effect of hurting the civil rights of African Americans.” – Christian Adams
A national poll conducted last weekend by RMG Research shows that 75% of Americans oppose letting non-citizens vote in local elections. 69% favor Congressional action to stop non-citizens from voting in our nation’s capital.
We must oppose at all levels of government non-citizens voting in our elections – at all levels. Granting voting rights to non-citizens dilutes the importance of citizenship and weakens the fabric of our constitutional republic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
lets get this party started... I want my kids to have a better country than I have.
(we are running out of non destructive boxes to try)
Yep.
The end of the world as THEY know it.
The parasitic progs will be the first to go.
The majority of normal American Citizens are fully capable of making their “boundaries” known.
The “elites?”
Not so much...
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I am struggling to keep myself under control....
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I thought Congress had the power to nullify these insane D.C. edicts.
Their conquest will be complete in just a few short years.
We had a good run…
Alinsky acolytes, Chinese Communists, BLM, Antifa and Dems:
“We have nothing at all to worry about. Lucky for us the conservatives play by the rules and are nonviolent, turn the other cheek religious types who are easy prey patsies who criticize vigilante justice.” 😈
If I remember to…I should take the Metro into DC from Rosslyn on Election Day and do some voting. If there are basically no restrictions regarding who can vote, would it matter how many times as well?
Nothing in our Constitution compels us to obey the diktats of foreign nationals.
Never intended that D.C. should have home rule; it needs to be abolished asap.
This should be taken as D.C. seceding from the United States.
You sure about that?
What’s the tipping point?
The founding fathers would be cleaning up the mess by now
So now DC courts will be pulling a jury of your peers from the DC voters rolls??
Going forward, a US citizen should NEVER be forced to stand trial in a DC court
It is not a state of the union.
According to the 1871’ers the invasion is now complete.
What usually happens when the barbarians are allowed to rule?
What is happening to the Britons right now?
Multi-generation Londoners are dealing with ever growing "no-go zones."
They are not willing to push back as would the rural Brits.
Same here.
The hoards are starting to rule urban areas but not the rural areas.
The rural areas are full of American Citizens with guns and they know it.
So yeah, "The parasitic progs will be the first to go" because they will not leave the urban areas which will be ruled by the illegals that have been given the vote.
They will be pushed out/run out/burned out until they are gone.
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I read some article recently in which these recent additions complained about not feeling welcome in rural Britain and how they wanted to make it their own.
DC is now officially a govt-sanctioned marxist insane asylum. Time for Congress to put DC back under the old military district system and jail the DC City council as a national threat to America.
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