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Tag: Non-Citizen

SAVE Act Reintroduced in U.S. House and Senate, Requiring IDs and Proof of Citizenship for In-Person and Mail-In Voting. Millions of Eligible Voters Could Be Disenfranchised.

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025
U.S. House and Senate Republicans reintroduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE Act, mandating proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and requiring only certain types of ID be used.  Millions of American citizens could have trouble voting.
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‘Deceive, Disrupt, Deny’ Report Anticipates Non Citizen Voting Will Be Used to Justify Post-Election Delays, Sham Audits & Litigation

October 27, 2024October 27, 2024
Our third segment on Protect Democracy’s “Deceive, Disrupt, Deny” report anticipates how bad actors will likely use bogus claims of widespread non citizen voting to justify obstructing election certification, nuisance litigation, and sham audits.
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‘Deceive, Disrupt, Deny’:  Report Lays Out Likely Playbook to Subvert the 2024 Election, Some of Which is Already in Motion

October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
We’re exploring a new report by election system watchdog Protect Democracy called ‘Deceive, Disrupt, Deny’, which lays out the likely strategy by bad actors to subvert the 2024 election.   That strategy won’t succeed, but it won’t be pretty, either.
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Research Shows Trump’s Debate Claim of Widespread Voting by Noncitizens is Nonsense

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024
In the Sept. 10 Trump-Harris Presidential debate, former President Trump made claims that Democrats encouraged illegal immigration so that noncitizens would vote and support their candidates.   A similar claim was made by Senator Ted Cruz in the Republican National Convention.  Here is the report we filed in July.   
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North Carolina Senate Sends ‘Citizen-Voting-Only’ Ballot Measure to Voters, Fails Measure to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Literacy Test

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024
The North Carolina Senate endorsed a ballot measure June 25th prohibiting noncitizens from voting - for which there is already existing law. And the Senate declined another measure repealing a racist Jim Crow-era literacy test to vote, still enshrined in the state’s constitution.
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