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Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election (apnews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're moving the goalposts. Neither the person you're replying to nor the article mention anything about relaxing the standard. All of the legislation and proposals in this area come from Republicans trying to make it harder for non-citizens to vote.

The article is pointing out the boogyman nature of this focus from the right. I would go a step further and say that this focus is an effort to disenfranchise working class voters by throwing more paperwork between them and their vote. I might even go another step and say that it's an effort to delegitimize our elections by claiming fraud to pave the way for illegitimate power grabs (like Jan 6).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

All of the legislation and proposals in this area come from Republicans trying to make it harder for non-citizens to vote.

Yes... Which they can't do anyway.

https://lemmy.saik0.com/comment/3543053

The ballot initiatives only clarifies and fixes verbiage to make it more clean. Nothing about this is actually making it any harder for legitimate citizens to vote.

I might even go another step and say that it’s an effort to delegitimize our elections by claiming fraud to pave the way for illegitimate power grabs (like Jan 6).

If you say so.