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To conclude Only Citizens Vote Week, the Only Citizens Vote Coalition is highlighting "Protecting Noncitizen Voters".
Protecting Noncitizens From Serious and Long Term Consequences of Voting Illegally
Many Americans are concerned about the security and trustworthiness of our ballots and election outcomes as we become more aware of the threat of noncitizens voting in the November 5th federal elections.
These concerns are justified, based on news stories, court cases and state actions that identify and remove noncitizens from our voter rolls, and even prosecute them.
But few are aware of another great concern of those of us in the election integrity movement - the serious and long term consequences to any noncitizen found to have cast an unlawful ballot.
Neither noncitizen resident aliens here legally nor illegal immigrants, are allowed to vote in federal elections, and none are permitted by state law to vote in state elections.
The naturalization process is expensive and arduous. One of the most serious barriers to citizenship a naturalization applicant can face is to be found to have voted in a U.S. election in violation of federal law. It's one of the first checks made in the naturalization process - did this person unlawfully vote?
If a legal resident alien or “green card” holder votes illegally in a federal or state election, they can be immediately placed into removal procedures, jailed, and deported - whether or not the noncitizen was aware of laws that blocked them from voting. In addition, both cohorts are subject to federal perjury charges as they had to have ticked the “I am a citizen” box on the federal registration card all states use.
No amount of time spent living in the U.S., the depth of U.S family ties, or the pleading of an expensive immigration attorney will change the outcome. You vote unlawfully here as a noncitizen, you have forfeited any chance of ever obtaining citizenship.
In a recent federal indictment in North Carolina, nineteen noncitizens accused of unlawfully registering to vote, and voting, are also subject to a year in jail and fines up to $100K - or both.
Some noncitizens vote willfully knowing it is illegal, but most noncitizens likely have no idea that they are not given voting rights just by virtue of residing in the U.S. Many do not speak English well, come from countries with wildly corrupt elections, or are deceived or exploited by dishonest ballot harvesters who lie to them about their ability to vote here.
Yes, laws that prevent noncitizens from registering to vote or allow their removal from voter rolls, do protect the citizen voters they are designed to protect. But they also protect noncitizen voters from casting an intentional or “accidental” vote that could see them fined, jailed, or deported - or worse, end their quest for the U.S. citizenship they have likely struggled hard to achieve.
Protect noncitizens. Don’t let them vote.
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