This is interesting, and we'll tell you why.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has introduced a bill in the lower chamber of Congress that would ensure that illegal immigrants do not vote in federal elections.
The Epoch Times obtained a copy of the bill, dubbed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.
The bill is being introduced with the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who vowed to bring up such a bill during an appearance with former President Donald Trump weeks ago....
You can read the details at the link. Nothing that would surprise you, except for the obvious: Why should there be such legislation in the first place? Isn't it obvious that non-citizens should NOT vote?
Actually, no.
Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote told Tucker that under title 18 of the US criminal code, an alien who 'believes that he/she is a US citizen' actually can vote without penalty.
By the way, Good Luck if you're a local voting official trying to determine citizenship status through any sort of Federal database. That's almost impossible.
(Just for s**ts and giggles, do you suppose that Milwaukee's mayor fired Milwaukee's elections chief over the matter of non-citizens voting? That would require you to think that Vogg has a strong moral/ethical streak, of course. Hmmmmm.)
It would be possible if you required a Federal REAL ID, and required the election monitor to verify that the documents on file in the REAL ID database established citizenship before issuing a ballot. That would, of course, take time; but since we now have elections that last three weeks, there's plenty of time.
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