Source: Reason
by Fiona Harrigan
“The Fear that millions of newly arrived illegal immigrants are swaying federal elections by voting unlawfully has become a recurring theme in debates over immigration. The idea has so much buy-in that earlier this year, House lawmakers passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which calls for states to ‘take affirmative steps on an ongoing basis to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered to vote’ in federal elections. … It’s been illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections for a century. But beyond that, there’s little evidence to suggest that many noncitizens are voting in federal elections, let alone in large enough numbers to sway those races.” (10/15/24)