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While initial research showed that 22 states or territories, including colonies before the Declaration of Independence, have at some time given at least some voting rights to non-citizens in some or all elections, [14] [4] more recent and in-depth studies uncovered evidence of 40 states providing suffrage for non-citizens at some point before 1926. [3]
House Republicans are flirting with the idea of forcing a government shutdown over the issue of noncitizens voting in US elections. Critics argue it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote.
A Dispatch reader forwarded a screenshot of a Twitter post he saw shared on Facebook suggesting that illegal immigrants could be able to vote with government-issued ID cards.
PolitiFact, "Fact-check: Did 3 million undocumented immigrants vote in this year's election?" Nov. 18, 2016 PolitiFact, "Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that millions of illegal votes cost him ...
Of all Senators voting against the bill, Senator Monica R. Martinez faced the most criticisms as she had previously been a supporter of the effort to restore access to drivers licenses for illegal immigrants, but changed her position after becoming a New York State Senator. [56] [57] [58]
[223] [224] Under Section 216 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, the 104th United States Congress designated non-citizen voting in federal elections as a felony by punishment of a fine or imprisonment. [225]
Minnesota grants driver’s licenses to residents regardless of immigration status, though officials have said there are sufficient safeguards against illegal voting as part of the process.
The post asserted that “roughly 1.0 million to 2.7 million [immigrants] will illegally vote” in November’s election. The claim went viral in right-wing spaces online, and were spread by news ...