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Former President Donald Trump took to social media Monday morning to attack Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his automatic voter registration initiative as a threat to Republican candidates. “Pennsylvania is at it again! The Radical Left Governor, Josh Shapiro has just announced a switch to automatic voter registration, a disaster for the Election of Republicans, including your favorite president, ME! Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social. “The former president’s obsession with spreading lies about our elections is dangerous — and that’s why Governor Shapiro defeated him and his enablers over 40 times in court as Attorney General...

November 9, 2000 EXCERPT The National Voter Registration Act, commonly known as the Motor Voter law, was signed into law on May 20, 1993 after passage by the slimmest of margins. Under this federal law, conceivably, millions of non-citizens and illegal aliens were automatically registered to vote when they applied for their driver's licenses or welfare benefits. The Motor-Voter clearly states that "[e]ach State motor vehicle driver's license application (including any renewal application) submitted to the appropriate State motor vehicle authority under State law shall serve as an application for voter registration with respect to elections for Federal office unless...