Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election - eviltoast

It just made my morning to see that not only is the AP reporting this correctly, but the headline explicitly states the insane rarity of voter fraud. (Non-citizen or otherwise.) You have a better chance of getting a clear picture of Bigfoot than you do of having a voter fraud incident in your jurisdiction.

  • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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    3 months ago

    Some people believe the world is flat. That doesn’t make the statement true. They provided no clear example of how any of it could be doing what they claim it would do. So that random statement starting with “some democrats”… is meaningless.

    By changing the language from “all citizens”, it sets up opportunities to selectively disenfranchise those citizens who are able and registered to vote.

    No it doesn’t because the verbiage is “ONLY citizens” as the replacement. It’s still VERY clear that citizens are to vote. What it clears up is any argument that non-citizens should also be allowed to vote.

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      3 months ago

      You’re moving goalposts again, as I provided the excerpt from the article that you asked for in your prior comment.

      The truth of the matter is that each of the racially motivated hurdles to voting I’ve previously noted follow a clear pattern of aiming to prevent certain groups from voting and this latest one is no different. No fluctuation of strawman arguments will change that

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        3 months ago

        This article is referencing new bills that will disenfranchise legitimately registered voters

        No. This is what you stated. Instead of showing where any disenfranchisement would happen you quoted

        Some Democrats contend the measures could create hurdles for legal voters

        This is not evidence of any disenfranchisement is occurring Instead you’re just wildly speculating that there’s some random clear pattern of some sort that simply doesn’t exist.