Raffensperger, Arizona secretary of state at odds over noncitizen voting
Source: The Hill
05/25/24 4:14 PM ET
Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger (R-Ga.) and Adrian Fontes (D-Ariz.) disagreed over noncitizen voting during a panel discussion on Meet the Press set to air Sunday. MSNBCs Kristen Welker hosted Raffensperger, Fontes, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt (R) for a wide-ranging interview about threats theyve received, misinformation, artificial intelligence and more.
Welker asked Raffensperger why the issue of noncitizens voting in the election is such an urgent matter if its quite rare and illegal. Because I believe only American citizens should be voting in our elections. And I ran back in 2018 saying the same thing. Im the first secretary of state in Georgia to ever do 100 percent citizenship verification, Raffensperger responded.
He said the state found about 1,600 people that attempted to register to vote but they could not find citizenship verification. So, my fellow Georgians asked me, Are noncitizens voting in Georgia? I can say, No, they arent because weve checked it, Raffensperger said.
Fontes addressed Raffensperger saying he proved his own point with that example. You did an audit, and you found that there were attempts. But none of those folks were actually registered, and none of those folks actually voted. And that means that elections have been safe and secure from noncitizen voting in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona and across the country, Fontes said. So, I think this is a red herring.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/4686137-raffensperger-arizona-secretary-of-state-at-odds-over-noncitizen-voting/
elleng
(134,884 posts)Novara
(6,058 posts)The headline states "noncitizen voting" as a noun, implying it's an actual thing. It is not. They give the conspsiracy theories legitimacy.
Words matter.
LiberalFighter
(53,193 posts)Which counties?
What was breakdown by gender? Age? Nationality?
padah513
(2,651 posts)Even if you have to lie to do it.