HOUSE APPROVES SWEEPING DEM ELECTION REFORM BILL, AMID FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS
Federal law already prohibits non-citizens from voting in elections for federal office. But the GOP motion referenced how San Francisco is allowing non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, to register to vote in school board elections.
The motion was voted down 228-197. All but six Democrats in the House voted against it. Just one Republican opposed it.
Lauren Fine, a spokeswoman for House GOP Whip Steve Scalise, pointed out that an identical resolution was adopted by the House last September. But on Friday, 41 Democrats flipped to oppose the latest measure.
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The motion to recommit, filed by Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw in response to the Democrat-led “For the People Act” states that non-citizen voting “erodes democracy.”
Crenshaw, during his speech before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday, cited cities like San Francisco, which allow non-citizen immigrants to vote in local elections.
“When I say it out loud it sounds like I am making it up. Because what kind of government would cancel out the votes of its own citizens and replace them with non-citizens, but not just any non-citizen, ones who entered our country illegally,” said Crenshaw.
Federal law already prohibits non-citizens from voting in elections for federal office. But the GOP motion referenced how San Francisco is allowing non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, to register to vote in school board elections.
The motion was voted down 228-197. All but six Democrats in the House voted against it. Just one Republican opposed it.
Lauren Fine, a spokeswoman for House GOP Whip Steve Scalise, pointed out that an identical resolution was adopted by the House last September. But on Friday, 41 Democrats flipped to oppose the latest measure.
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The motion to recommit, filed by Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw in response to the Democrat-led “For the People Act” states that non-citizen voting “erodes democracy.”
Crenshaw, during his speech before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday, cited cities like San Francisco, which allow non-citizen immigrants to vote in local elections.
“When I say it out loud it sounds like I am making it up. Because what kind of government would cancel out the votes of its own citizens and replace them with non-citizens, but not just any non-citizen, ones who entered our country illegally,” said Crenshaw.
