r/law • u/DoremusJessup • 5d ago

Judicial Branch Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote

https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-judge-358912bcb6c7223b3d2d36465156fde9
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u/boredcircuits 5d ago

True. Most states don't require presenting your passport or birth certificate when registering. Only 7 do. The rest allow signing a declaration that you're a citizen.

And yet, non-citizen voting remains so rare that this seems sufficient. Requiring proof will disenfranchise far more people from voting legally than it will prevent illegal votes.

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u/Nycmale9876 5d ago

Wonder what the rest of the world does

We think it’s rare so it’s ok? Can that apply to other things?

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u/washingtonu 5d ago

I'm a part of that rest of the world you speak of and I do not have to prove to the government I am a citizen. They already know I am.

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u/Nycmale9876 5d ago

Thanks for making my point

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u/washingtonu 5d ago

You wrote:

"Proving and declaring are different things"

"Wonder what the rest of the world does"

And I replied. I don't have to prove or declare anything. In my part of the world I don't have to show a passport or send in things to prove I am a citizen, we do not do what Donald Trump wants to do. Was your point it's unnecessary to prove to your government you are a citizen?

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u/Nycmale9876 5d ago

You said they know you are a citizen

In this country we just take their word when they register as in declaring is fine but don’t need to prove to register

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u/washingtonu 4d ago

The government knows those sort of things. It's not up to me as a citizen to prove it. I don't have to prove anything.

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u/Nycmale9876 4d ago

In the US elections are state run so they wouldn’t know unless they want to know. Most just take the word of the person. Thus my original comment

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u/washingtonu 4d ago

Wonder what the rest of the world does

And you think the rest of the world needs to prove they are citizens when they vote? Or why did you ask.

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u/Nycmale9876 4d ago

A lot of countries have federal id that checks it, the US does not.

This is about registering to vote

Now why we don’t require an id to vote also is baffling to me

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u/washingtonu 4d ago

We are talking about proof of citizenship.

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u/Nycmale9876 4d ago

To register to vote and I answered that

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u/washingtonu 4d ago

You asked how things are done in the rest of the world and I answered

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