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GOP Bill Would Penalize States That Allow Noncitizens to Vote

2023-07-13

[Epoch Times] Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to strengthen election integrity and boost voter confidence in American elections by implementing measures like requiring voter ID in some cases and ensuring that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections.

House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) introduced the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act on Monday.
They DO love their acronyms

The legislation "makes the biggest legislative effort in a generation to protect political speech in a climate where Democrats are doing everything in their power to determine ’truth’ and silence conservative voices," the bill summary states.
That's not gonna get too many (D) votes.
The bill makes it clear that it’s a felony offense for a noncitizen to vote in a federal election and asks the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, and other relevant federal agencies to provide voter data to states at no cost so that noncitizens and deceased voters can be removed from voter rolls.

States would be empowered to remove noncitizens from voter rolls immediately without a blackout period.
Until some judge declares it 'really bad'.
States that allow noncitizens to vote in state and local elections would have to maintain separate ballots for those races in case they coincide with a federal election, but they would also receive 30 percent less federal funding for election expenses under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

The ACE Act would modernize the first-time mail voter ID requirement in HAVA. All first-time voters who did not register in person at their local election office or through a state voter registration agency would have to provide ID when they vote.

The bill would require that certain voters who request a mail ballot also provide an ID. It would also reform the REAL ID Act to ensure that U.S. citizenship is printed on all qualifying voters’ identification documents after Jan. 1, 2026.

Under the bill, the DHS Disinformation Governance Board would also be officially terminated and any future similar entities would be prohibited.

Posted by:Bobby

The mere title of this is beyond outrageous. It's ILLEGAL. Nothing more to say. This ridiculous, insulting stunt is little more than a way to soft sell it in the traditional Republican, 'there's nothing anybody can do' stance. All in Floyd the barber's warbling voice and confused tonality.

I would also offer that I really don't care about their visas, if they even troubled to get those. Screw 'em, as unto tears. If it's that important, become a citizen. Otherwise, oh wait, that's right...Screw 'em.

Every one of the globally sick, lame, and lazy feels way more than entitled to whittle just a bit off America. Screw the chiseling lot of them. Maybe, just maybe they could endeavor to make something out of their own country and location.

Posted by: Cesare 2023-07-13 15:07

#4 "What if a non-citizen person is a here on a legally issued work VISA"

Rip up the foreigner's visa and send them packing.
Non-citizens who want to use the laws/culture of the Unites States against the Unites States, the notion should be rejected and the former-guest should have their visa work status rescinded. Ciao.

This idea of non-citizens voting is so foreign to me, does not compute.

Posted by: mossomo 2023-07-13 12:55

#3 Illinois will no longer allow landlords to consider immigration status

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-13 09:14

#2 There is a fundamental difference between what the Libs say they are doing and what they actually are doing. They say that residents should have a local say, but their goal is to get them on the voter rolls, so that they can parlay an equal protection case into them voting in national elections.
The issue is loyalty. Many Europeans argue that they should be able to vote in American elections because America is powerful and impacts them. They are not as interested in having us vote in their elections, though.
Non-citizens may or may not have American prosperity as their goal. This effort is another case of libs trying to paint our ship in barnacles. Instead we need to be cleaning the rolls of dead people, non-citizens and inactive voters by making good laws and enforcing them. The industrial cheating only works on a foundation of bad voter rolls.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-13 07:31

#1 Looking deeper, given the 1776 founding fathers argument of :

No Taxation Without Representation

What if a non-citizen person is a here on a legally issued work VISA and paying local, State and Federal Taxes?

Posted by: NN2N1 2023-07-13 07:12

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