Isn’t voting in federal elections a federal issue?
Isn’t voting in federal elections a federal issue?
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For the most part “no”. States are in charge of conducting federal elections. There have been Constitutional Amendments and some federal laws which give the federal government grounds to intervene, but those only involve cases in which voting rights are illegally denied. Federal law does not REQUIRE proof of citizenship only that there is a penalty if one DOES vote illegally. This is why the Dems (and even some Republicans) don’t want a federal law requiring proof. That suddenly torpedoes the who slow walking process of expanding voting-rights to “global citizens” instead of US citizens.