Democrats are fighting to make elections less secure in several key states in the days before the Nov. 5 election.
Election law is already a focus of the 2024 election campaign, especially as the Republican National Committee (RNC) strengthens its election integrity division, but the battle will continue beyond November 5th. Democrats signed legislation banning voter identification checks, and Biden and Harris’ Justice Department sued Alabama and Virginia for trying to remove illegal immigrants from voter rolls.
“What’s strange about that lawsuit, the two lawsuits filed by the Department of Justice…it’s the exact opposite of what the Department of Justice should be doing, and it’s a criminal violation of federal law. In fact, it’s a felony for an alien to register to vote. ,” Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow specializing in election integrity at the Heritage Foundation, told the Daily Caller.
“So what the Justice Department needs to do is go to the state of Virginia and say, ‘Can you give us the files on all of these voters so we can investigate and possibly prosecute?'” , No. Instead, they’re saying, ‘No, aliens who violate federal law must remain on the voter rolls,”’ von Spakovsky continued.
In August, Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed the agreement. presidential order This is to increase the frequency with which states remove non-citizens from voter rolls. The Justice Department then moved on October 12 to sue the state for violating the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which states that the Virginia Board of Elections cannot clean up voter rolls 90 days before an election. I showed it. Biden’s Justice Department further argues that executive orders signed within 90 days of Nov. 5 result in “systematic deletions” that clearly confuse and potentially influence voters. did. (Related: Republican states remove thousands of noncitizens from voting rolls as Election Day approaches)
Remarkably, just 11 days before the presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate individuals who identify as non-citizens on the voter rolls. Virginia is prepared to take this to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary! pic.twitter.com/fyjlWBUlnQ
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) October 25, 2024
Similarly, Alabama was sued by the Biden-Harris Department of Justice after Secretary of State Wes Allen. identified 3,251 registered voters who had been issued non-citizen identification numbers by the Department of Homeland Security sought to be removed from the rolls. The Justice Department argued, as in Virginia, that the election was too close to election day.
“The right to vote is one of the most sacred rights in our democracy,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. “As Election Day approaches, it is important that Alabama corrects voter confusion caused by directory mailers sent in violation of federal law.”
In the Virginia case, Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles issued the following ruling: order It is blocking Virginia’s efforts to remove an estimated 1,600 people who the state “identifies” as non-citizens. On Sunday, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced he would file an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in response.
A Trump-appointed judge sided with the Alabama Department of Justice and ordered the state to reinstate voters who had been removed from the voter rolls under Allen’s order.
In Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott previously announced that his administration had removed more than 6,500 noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls. The voter roll cleanup is the result of a 2021 bill signed by Abbott that established a number of election safety measures, including uniform voting hours across the state, a ban on drive-through voting and expanded powers for poll watchers. It is something.
“I’m surprised they haven’t sued the state of Texas yet. Texas also announced that it removed 6,500 aliens from its voter rolls. I expect Texas to be sued by the Department of Justice as well.” von Spakovsky told Caller.
🚨Breaking News — Biden v. Harris Department of Justice files lawsuit to keep illegal aliens on voter rolls
Yesterday, the Biden-Harris Justice Department sued the state of Alabama for fighting to remove potential non-citizens and illegal aliens from its voter rolls ahead of the 2024 election. pic.twitter.com/i2XE9i5sGv
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) September 28, 2024
Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom signed On September 29, a law banning local governments from requiring ID to vote went into effect. According to Politico, the bill was introduced by Democratic state Sen. Dave Minn after a bill was introduced in Huntington Beach that would require ID to vote.
“It’s a ban, it’s actually a ban. Even though the state doesn’t have an ID requirement, a town says, “We really want to do this,” and they enact a law to prevent it. “Typically, every time a state attempts to clean up its voter rolls to remove people who have died or moved, Democrats are suing the state for inaccurate voter rolls,” von Spakovsky said. told the Kohler newspaper.
Early voting blog has been updated!
Rs added 2,000 to the lead and now it is 31,000 or 5%. Republican approval ratings slowed slightly on Saturday, but Republican approval ratings still rose.
To end this late on election night, Democrats need decisive victories in the Indies.
Updated negative votes!https://t.co/Pl43XBMcPA
— John Ralston (@RalstonReports) October 27, 2024
About a week after the election, political experts have begun debating what the fallout from Trump’s victory will be. The Daily Caller spoke to a variety of experts predicting dangerous and extreme reactions from Democrats if Trump wins, from protests to legal issues to national security concerns. (Related: What will happen if Trump wins?)
Von Spakovsky told the Caller that he expects Democrats to allege voter suppression through lawsuits following President Trump’s victory. Mike Davis, a pro-Trump lawyer and founder of the Article III Project, said that even as Democrats prepare for lawsuits, election integrity will be nowhere near what it was in 2024. Explained.
“President Trump has learned lessons from 2020…President Trump has hired a very good legal team for his campaign, led by David Warrington, in addition to a very good legal team led by RNC Chairman Michael Whatley.” I did,” Davis told the Caller.
“That was the mistake in 2020. They couldn’t get an injunction…and they’re doing it this time,” Davis added, noting that the RNC’s legal team is far more aggressive in the 2024 election cycle. He explained that it was.
