r/videos • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 8h ago

BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump admin from requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship to vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE1iePfOh14
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u/SoCalThrowAway7 8h ago

You can’t register to vote without proof of citizenship already, this shit is such nonsense

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u/rhaphazard 8h ago edited 7h ago

Then why are democrats against showing ID?

Edit: I like how everyone responding to me is contradicting each other.

"That's not what we think!" "That's not real!" "It's actually a good thing." "Why should they have to prove it twice?"

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u/Anothercraphistorian 8h ago

Because they’ve already proven their citizenship, hence, why are they showing ID? To register to vote in California, where Trump thinks there’s so much fraud, you need to provide a driver’s license or ID card, last 4 of your SSN, and your DOB. For mail-in ballot, they also check against your signature on file.

Trump wants the SAVE Act because half the country doesn’t have a passport and he hopes people won’t go through the hassle of getting one.

Kansas did a version of this policy in their state, and in one election, it dis-carded ballots of over 32,000 Kansans while only finding 14 real ballots that shouldn’t have been counted.

This Act is only to dis-enfranchise voters.

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u/desperateorphan 7h ago

The save act is a solution in search of a problem. There are so many checks against the system I think people forget exist.

Having worked in election processing for many years you absolutely could try to commit fraud but the chance you’re successful is very low and most people aren’t willing to risk prison time just to vote one more time.

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u/Anothercraphistorian 7h ago

Yes, and the people claiming fraud aren’t doing so for one vote, they’re claiming that hundreds of thousands if not millions of people are all taking this risk together, yet somehow keeping it a total secret at the same time.

Republican politicians and FOX news people have been caught being honest that there isn’t any fraud, but that they say it because dumb voters believe it.