House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, fanning a GOP election-year talking point

PBS via AP ^ | July 10, 2024 | Ali Swenson, (D) AP, Farnoush Amiri, (D) AP

[willk]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized as an election-year talking point even as research shows noncitizens illegally registering and casting ballots in federal elections is exceptionally rare.

The legislation, approved largely along partisan lines but with a few Democrats voting in favor, is unlikely to advance through the Democratic-led Senate. The Biden administration also says it's strongly opposed because it says safeguards already are in place to verify voter eligibility and enforce the law against noncitizen voting.

Still, the House vote will give Republicans an opportunity to bring attention to two of their central issues this year — border and election security.

It also provides an opportunity to fuel former President Donald Trump's claims that Democrats have encouraged the surge of migrants so they can register them to vote, which would be illegal. Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections, nor is it allowed for any statewide elections.

[willk]

If you had any doubt that PBS/NPR is a far left taxpayer funded organization dedicated to destroying our country. Hint: So many of their articles are sourced through AP.

[Freest Republican]

It we take exceptionally rare to mean 1/2 of 1%,

we’re talking about at least 85,000 votes.

[SharpRightTurn]

“PBS via AP”

Now, that’s a match made in Hades for you.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

If we had an opposition party that was worth a damn, they would defund every left-wing, tax-payer funded agency, no matter how small or large. PBS/NPR, Voice of America, Planned Parenthood, etc. That would also include the indoctrination centers that we quaintly call our educational system.

[4Runner]

The Act won’t make it past the Senate.

[SuperLuminal]

Oh!
The horror...

Those evil Republicans want to disenfranchise the 60-million migrant invader vermin that is largely composed of drug lords and workers, islamists bent on terror, drunken Mexicans, rabid Venezuelans, Somalian drum-beaters, moslem rapists, chicom military units, and communists from every corner of the globe...

How dare they?

[lasereye]

even as research shows noncitizens illegally registering and casting ballots in federal elections is exceptionally rare.

I doubt that's the case, but if we assume it is true, why is that a reason to oppose the legislation? Government agencies are known to be registering them now. Whatever was true in the past is totally irrelevant anyway.

Citing that "research", whether it's true or not, is a red herring.

[4Runner]

As someone in an unrelated post on FR yesterday noted, you need to be background-checked if you are going to attend the Democrat National Convention, but in order to vote in a federal election in the U.S., you only need to check the right box.

[adorno]

Voting is a privilege that belongs to citizens only. Requiring proof of citizenship is a requirement to protect the voting rights of citizens. If one were to take any of the protections afforded to citizens only, one could easily argue that, it's also a talking point that should not be a requirement. The right to bear arms, could be argued is about a talking point, but, it's a necessity and needs to be protected. Freedom of speech could be argued is a talking point too, but, it's a protected right.

Making it a requirement that only citizens be able to vote, is a way of protecting all of our constitutional rights, and those rights should not be placed in the hands of illegal aliens or non-citizens.

[blueplum]

but what is proof of citizenship? are we now universally required to obtain a ‘real’ id? (driver’s license that requires birth cert and, for women, divorce papers, etc) or will a state driver’s license suffice?

[Tommy Revolts]

They will need to attach it to a spending bill the Dems so desperately want.