The House Administration Committee advanced two bills that Republicans claim will curb foreign interference in U.S. elections and prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections. The legislation would require states to verify proof of citizenship for individuals registering to vote in these elections.
Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor Ben Weingarten points out that in recent hearings on the matter, witnesses supported claims that thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote across U.S. jurisdictions. Weingarten also asserts that the Biden administration’s alleged efforts to enable illegal immigrants to vote in the 2024 general election will “further erode the integrity of America’s election system.”
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
A study of 2022 election data estimates that 10% to 27% of all aliens currently in the U.S. are registered to vote and approximately 5% to 13% of them will illegally vote in the 2024 presidential and congressional elections.
If so, that is staggering. The fact we are reliant on estimates however, whether due to malevolence, incompetence, or some combination, is a travesty.
And all of this is to say nothing of an issue I’ve harped on before, that noncitizens, including illegal aliens, are counted in the census used for apportioning House seats and therefore determining electoral votes by state, as well redistributing hundreds of billions of dollars down to the state and local levels; plus the fact that federal campaign finance law prohibits foreign governments and aliens from participating in local, state, and federal elections of candidates for office, but not from participating in elections involving referenda and issue-based ballot measures — another issue brought up during the hearing.