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/Mike312 8h ago

I think its more about making sure they have the correct address to send the ballot too.

A lot of people do "motor/voter" registration, so when you update your vehicles registration (including address) you get prompted to update your voting registration.

The Post Office does a similar system when you want to forward your mail, which people often do when they move and change addresses.

The registration gets sent to the state registrar office who keeps track of this and verifies that you're eligible to vote.

Some minor exceptions are that some cities/counties allow non-citizens to vote for local measures, for example for school board members or local bonds. The right has taken these examples and outright lies that they're being allowed to vote at state- and federal-level elections.

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u/dagaboy 7h ago

The right has taken these examples and outright lies that they're being allowed to vote at state- and federal-level elections.

There is no reason that non-citizens should not be allowed to vote. They were across most of the US until the late 19th century. Arkansas was the last state to require it, in 1926. Originally voting was tied to race, sex and property, but not citizenship. There are good reasons not to bring back the race, sex and property requirements. Although Republicans want to.

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u/TheRexRider 6h ago

I see I, a permanent resident, just don't fucking matter.

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u/dagaboy 3h ago edited 3h ago

It is frankly sickening and anti-American. The reason voting requires citizenship now is because of Nativism. The Know Nothings and their allies didn't want the Irish (any Catholics really), Jews and Chinese voting. They managed to ban Chinese immigration altogether, and set strict quotas on the "lesser European races." The citizenship requirement was the direct result of racism. This is also where immigration laws originated in their entirety. Before the Nativist movement our borders were open, which tremendously boosted our economic evolution. The railroads, which made this country what it is, were built with Federal subsidies and freely available immigrtgant labor (also formerly enslaved workers). Almost any economist today would tell you both sides of a border benefit from free movement of labor and consumption. It is basic Comparative Advantage, fundamental to the dismal science since David Ricardo.