American elections should be decided by American voters, which is why the US House of Representatives recently passed a bill, the Protecting American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act), that would protect this fundamental principle by requiring proof of citizenship to vote.

In a healthy world, especially with the election approaching, SAVE Method The bill will soon be put to a vote in the Senate, where it will likely pass overwhelmingly. Unfortunately, Democratic opposition to citizenship checks means that this will not happen.

On the bright side, as Democrats move to normalize the practice of foreign nationals voting in local elections, many states are not waiting for Congress to fix the problem. Missouri, North Carolina, Idaho, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Iowa, Wisconsin and Kentucky are among those who have already done so. Put a constitutional amendment to a vote Allow voters to decide for themselves whether they need proof of citizenship to vote. (Related article: Chad Ennis: Wisconsin judge bangs gavel to invent entirely new voting method)

Voters in Ohio and Louisiana far outweighed the ban on foreigners voting this year. bring about It brings the total number of states with such bans up to seven.

Most Americans believe it is common sense to verify that a voter is a citizen before receiving their ballot. According to a poll From the Honest Elections Project: In fact, only 9% of respondents believe foreigners should be able to vote in American elections.

But contrary to popular opinion, progressive lawyers like Marc Elias have persuaded like-minded judges to interpret federal law to block states from verifying an individual’s citizenship during the voter registration process, forcing us to rely on an unaccountable honor system to police one of the most important aspects of voting rights.

Illegal registrations can be an unconscious mistake or the result of a mistaken belief that foreigners can vote. It happens on purposeApparently, foreigners can vote in American elections, thanks to lax laws.

Democrats want to keep it that way.

Washington DC, recently Policy enacted A bill was passed to allow foreigners to vote in 2022. Even an editorial in the Washington Post board “[s]Some progressives hope that a reconfiguration of the electorate could reshape local politics and steer the city further left on issues like rent control and spending on social welfare programs.” (Related: Terrence P. Jeffrey: Can Russian and Chinese agents legally vote in Washington DC?)

The New York City Council passed a similar resolution to allow foreigners to vote in 2022. Thankfully, was ruled unconstitutional by a state appeals court. Hundreds of thousands of foreigners would otherwise have been able to vote in local elections.

For decadesJamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Proposed Regarding foreigners voting.

In fact, the foreign vote has become mainstream on the left, with progressives actively seeking ways to shift the composition of the electorate and push American politics leftward, from lowering the voting age to granting voting rights to felons and, of course, foreigners.

They counter that it is already illegal for foreigners to vote in federal elections. That's true, but just making something illegal doesn't stop it from being illegal because foreigners also register and vote.

On this issue, Democrats are so far removed from the median voter that perhaps that is why the left today rejects the idea of ​​the people choosing their government and supports the idea of ​​the government choosing a new people.

House Democrats' near-unanimous opposition to the SAVE Act and the Democratic-controlled Senate's likely refusal to consider it suggest that liberals are not serious about protecting American elections from foreign influence.

Americans deserve to know why liberal politicians in Washington are willing to put the interests of foreigners above the right of Americans to vote. More state legislators should join the effort to stop this trend and make our elections safe.

Jason Snead is executive director of Honest Elections Project Action.

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