5mo ago

US House Republicans fail to pass funding bill as shutdown approaches.

www.voanews.com US House Republicans fail to pass funding bill as shutdown approaches

The funding bill was paired with an unrelated voting bill that would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote and require states to purge non-citizens from their registration lists

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30 suspected illegal votes out of 25 million!!! Fucking what are we doing here?
- Obviously it would be more secure if everyone was required to bring a paper form that they were given at their birth and most people don't even have or a super expensive document that most people also don't have. That would obviously prove that you're allowed to vote because if you weren't that would be too much of a hassle.
  
  We have document requirements to vote here.
  That document costs about 1 vente Americano every 4 months, but we pay it as a lump when we renew every 5 years.
  It also serves as our driver license, so at least that's consolidated. And also our healthcare access card.
  It's normalized here for us. It's the only part of American voting that seems weird, instead of just inefficient.
  
  Do most people really not have a birth certificate and ID? How do they complete an I9?

Your tax dollars at work.
- Not for long.

Again? Jeeezuz
- Right? It's not even grabbing my attention anymore
  
  I just always expect it.
  
  You're here commenting on it. It has your attention.

Isn't this already a thing? I registered to vote like 30 years ago and I had to bring a birth certificate. Mountain from a molehill to incite the GOP base
- I never had to show a birth certificate in Washington State. I think when I did finally register it was through the DMV when I renewed my license. Basically just checked a box.
- Not in all places. Some allow just the last 4 of Social Security Number.

Republican officials fail to do their job yet again. Color me surprised.

Vlad instructs Mike

Alabama passed a state version of this bill and the total amount of people in question was like 3,000
Of which a major portion gained citizenship anyway, because the list is based on people who were flagged under non citizen status via tax reporting (ie mostly legal immigrants who hadn't gotten their government ID yet).
What a danger to democracy amirite