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New Hampshire Republicans Try to Require Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote (boltsmag.org)

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[–] themeatbridge 8 points 4 months ago

We need to have a system to accommodate him.

We already have a system that accommodates him. You register to vote, and you vote. The system we have works, and there's no evidence that it doesn't.

This isn't about improving election integrity, it's an attempt to impugn election integrity.

If you register to vote, and you are ineligible to vote, that's already a crime. That system works very well, and there's no evidence that ineligible voters are having a significant impact at any level.

It is not reasonable to demand proof prior to registration, because that's not how laws work in the United States. You don't prevent crimes by asking everyone who isn't a criminal to prove they aren't criminals. Imagine if you had to prove you didn't steal the money in your wallet whenever you tried to buy something.

You register to vote, and you vote. There's a record and a paper trail. That's more than sufficient to stop criminals from trying to cast illegal ballots in person.