Fictitious Noncitizen Voters
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NPR reports that Donald Trump and many other Republican politicians to insist, despite a lack of evidence, that noncitizens will “steal” the election for Democrats. “[T]here’s no credible evidence that it happens in significant numbers. But these false claims are being used as pretext to take actions that could raise obstacles for some voters.”
According to NPR, at least four states with Republican leadership are announcing new processes and efforts to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls. ‘[T]hese efforts have swept up U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote. Maintaining voter rolls is a critical election safeguard and federal law says it can’t happen within 90 days of an election.
Advocacy groups have asked Tennessee and Alabama to halt sending letters to people they suspect are noncitizens, saying it’s violating federal law.”
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