Who Votes in America

For John, BLUF:  The idea that non-citizens get to vote raises the question of the value of citizenship in the United States.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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All But 6 Democrats Oppose Resolution Against Illegal Aliens Voting

From Hot Air, by Jazz Shaw, 9 March 2019.

Here is the lede plus one:

In the Democrats’ rush to pass HR1, a serious snag emerged for Nancy Pelosi and the rest of her party’s leadership.  Republicans were able to force a vote on adding language to the supposed voting rights bill condemning the idea of illegal aliens voting in any elections.  It simply read, “allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.”

Sounds fairly basic, right?  It’s already against the law for illegal aliens to vote in federal elections, though a few liberal municipalities have moved to allow them to cast ballots on the local level, such as in school board elections.  Surely this is one area where we can generate some bipartisan consensus, yes?  Apparently not.  Out of the Democrats’ significant majority in the House, they only managed to find six people who were willing to support the measure and it went down in flames.  (Fox News)

Illegal immigrants are causing Democrats some problems, including the issue of non-citizens voting.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff