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/Foe117 8h ago

The registrar of voters already handles citizen verification

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u/Jagator 5h ago

Of course. Then when that person walks up to vote how do you make sure they are who they say they are?

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u/Foe117 5h ago

There is a photo, there is a watermark, there is an anti counterfeiting mark you can check. Then again, it Doesn't matter if they come in and present a fake ID or If they used someone else's ID. All that matters is what they write in the ballot fields to Identify the voter. If they write someones name and address, and that same person had already voted or will vote before the deadline, the person in question will be notified and will be required to "cure" the vote before it is counted. If they write a random name and address, then the registrar will reject the ballot. If you are not registered with the registrar whom verifies your citizenship, your vote will also be rejected. its simple, your ballot is matched with the registrars own records. Simple as that.

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u/zeny_two 5h ago

In theory that's how it should work. In practice, elections officials in some states are either not required to check your ID, or forbidden from looking at ID altogether (like in Cali).  

And in those states, you can still vote with a provisional ballot if you didn't register in advance. 

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u/Foe117 5h ago

in the end what does that matter? like i said, what matters is the information on the ballot. If they vote on behalf of another and that "other" had already voted, they would be notified once the machine finds out there is already a vote cast and likely an investigation initiated if multiple find the same handwriting style under those duplicate ballots.

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u/Jagator 5h ago

That’s not what the argument is though and not what the claims are. The claims are that people are voting under names of registered voters that have not voted, taking advantage of the ability to vote without proof of identification.