Donald Trump is pushing the House to pass a bill preventing foreigners from voting in elections. Although formally banned from voting in federal elections, liberal cities have been pushing to have immigrants vote in those elections.
Federal, state, and local elections are all administered at the same time by the state. Making separate elections for citizens and foreigners would be a costly burden, making the ban of noncitizens to vote in any election the safe choice. USA Today reports:
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will promote a bill with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting.
Johnson will hold a joint press conference with Trump on Friday at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence, where the top House Republican will tout the legislation to “elevate the issue of non-citizens voting in federal elections,” according to a person familiar with the planning.
San Francisco, New York, and the District of Columbia have all taken steps to make this happen. San Francisco, shockingly, has sworn in a Chinese national who does not speak English to administer its elections there. The Hill continues:
Foreign nationals are explicitly banned from voting in any federal election under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, though a few jurisdictions allow noncitizens to vote in local elections such as municipal and school board elections.
The District of Columbia this year enacted a law allowing noncitizen residents to vote in all nonfederal elections. A federal judge in March dismissed a lawsuit against that law.
The American people need confidence in their electoral process. Every vote needs to be counted once, and should not be suppressed or diluted.
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