Ubiquitous
2024-05-16 01:05:12 UTC
Ohio Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered the Midwest states
voter rolls to be purged Tuesday after finding that 137 people were
registered to vote in the upcoming election despite not being U.S. citizens,
Fox News reported.
The Ohio Public Integrity Division looked into data from the states Bureau
of Motor Vehicles and found 137 non-citizens on the voter rolls even though
they had twice confirmed they were not U.S. citizens. Ohio, which was won by
former President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020, leans Trump for the 2024
election, according to RealClearPolitics.
To help the state remove non-citizens from its voter rolls, LaRoses office
has also requested information on citizenship data from President Joe Bidens
Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, along
with federal district court records, which show who has been disqualified
from jury duty due to not being a U.S. citizen.
These individuals will receive at least two written notices from the
Secretary of States office asking them to confirm their citizenship status
or cancel their registration. Failure to respond to these notices will result
in removal of the registration from the voter rolls by the county boards of
elections, LaRose told Fox News.
Its important to recognize that some of these registrations may be the
result of an honest mistake, LaRose added. These may be well-meaning people
trying to pursue the American dream, and communication barriers sometimes
result in a registration form being submitted in error. We need to help them
get that cleared up before an accidental registration becomes an illegal vote
that could result in a felony conviction or even deportation.
As the southern border crisis continues under Bidens leadership, Republicans
across the country have raised concerns about illegal immigrants potentially
voting in local and federal elections. Some municipalities, such as
Washington, D.C., allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, a statute
that was challenged but kept in place after a federal judge threw out the
lawsuit seeking to prevent non-citizens from casting ballots.
Last week, House Republicans introduced the Safeguard American Voter
Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require documentation proving U.S.
citizenship from anyone who registers to vote in U.S. elections. Currently,
under the 1993 Voter Registration Act, people are only required to fill out a
form swearing they are U.S. citizens and are not required to provide
documentation, USA Today reported.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said its hard to prove how many illegal
immigrants are voting in federal elections, but he added that Americans know
intuitively that it is happening.
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We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal
elections. But its not been something that is easily provable. We dont have
that number, he said.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) told The Daily Mail, Without the verification measures
in the SAVE Act, were basically asking people who are already breaking the
law by coming to the US illegally to abide by the honor system. No way;
American elections should belong to American citizens, period.
voter rolls to be purged Tuesday after finding that 137 people were
registered to vote in the upcoming election despite not being U.S. citizens,
Fox News reported.
The Ohio Public Integrity Division looked into data from the states Bureau
of Motor Vehicles and found 137 non-citizens on the voter rolls even though
they had twice confirmed they were not U.S. citizens. Ohio, which was won by
former President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020, leans Trump for the 2024
election, according to RealClearPolitics.
To help the state remove non-citizens from its voter rolls, LaRoses office
has also requested information on citizenship data from President Joe Bidens
Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, along
with federal district court records, which show who has been disqualified
from jury duty due to not being a U.S. citizen.
These individuals will receive at least two written notices from the
Secretary of States office asking them to confirm their citizenship status
or cancel their registration. Failure to respond to these notices will result
in removal of the registration from the voter rolls by the county boards of
elections, LaRose told Fox News.
Its important to recognize that some of these registrations may be the
result of an honest mistake, LaRose added. These may be well-meaning people
trying to pursue the American dream, and communication barriers sometimes
result in a registration form being submitted in error. We need to help them
get that cleared up before an accidental registration becomes an illegal vote
that could result in a felony conviction or even deportation.
As the southern border crisis continues under Bidens leadership, Republicans
across the country have raised concerns about illegal immigrants potentially
voting in local and federal elections. Some municipalities, such as
Washington, D.C., allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, a statute
that was challenged but kept in place after a federal judge threw out the
lawsuit seeking to prevent non-citizens from casting ballots.
Last week, House Republicans introduced the Safeguard American Voter
Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require documentation proving U.S.
citizenship from anyone who registers to vote in U.S. elections. Currently,
under the 1993 Voter Registration Act, people are only required to fill out a
form swearing they are U.S. citizens and are not required to provide
documentation, USA Today reported.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said its hard to prove how many illegal
immigrants are voting in federal elections, but he added that Americans know
intuitively that it is happening.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP
We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal
elections. But its not been something that is easily provable. We dont have
that number, he said.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) told The Daily Mail, Without the verification measures
in the SAVE Act, were basically asking people who are already breaking the
law by coming to the US illegally to abide by the honor system. No way;
American elections should belong to American citizens, period.