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House votes in favor of illegal immigrant voting
www.washingtontimes.com ^ | 03/08/2019 | By Stephen Dinan

Posted on 03/08/2019 8:46:49 AM PST by Red Badger

House Democrats voted Friday to defend localities that allow illegal immigrants to vote in their elections, turning back a GOP attempt to discourage the practice.

The vote marks a stunning reversal from just six months ago, when the chamber — then under GOP control — voted to decry illegal immigrant voting.

“We are prepared to open up the political process and let all of the people come in,” Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and hero of the civil rights movement, told colleagues as he led opposition to the GOP measure.

The 228-197 vote came as part of a broader debate on Democrats’ major legislative priority this year, HR 1, the “For the People Act,” which includes historic expansions of voter registration and access, as well as a major rewrite of campaign finance laws.

The measure would have had no practical effect even if it had passed. Illegal immigrants — and indeed noncitizens as a whole — are not legally able to participate in federal elections.

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1 posted on 03/08/2019 8:46:49 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Wow. This is unreal. I knew this was their goal, but to put it out there so fast. Wow. Illegals voting. There goes 2020, and every election after that.


2 posted on 03/08/2019 8:48:14 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Red Badger

Am I allowed to vote in Canada? Mexico? Japan? Italy?

A serious WTF moment.


3 posted on 03/08/2019 8:48:45 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: Red Badger
The measure would have had no practical effect even if it had passed. Illegal immigrants are not legally able to participate in federal elections.

But that will change as soon as they can get their way.

4 posted on 03/08/2019 8:48:50 AM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: Red Badger

It won’t pass the Senate.


5 posted on 03/08/2019 8:49:06 AM PST by Signalman
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To: Red Badger

Waiting for FR’s own NeverTrumper brigade to blame Trump for this in 3...2...1


6 posted on 03/08/2019 8:49:24 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: Red Badger

And so it begins.....


7 posted on 03/08/2019 8:49:34 AM PST by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: JudyinCanada

If every Republican challenger does not use their votes against them in a campaign ad, then they deserve what they get!...............


8 posted on 03/08/2019 8:49:40 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: JudyinCanada

They learned yesterday that there is NOTHING they can’t get away with. Their slogan for 2020 should be “No Shame”.


9 posted on 03/08/2019 8:49:41 AM PST by BadLands59
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To: Red Badger

I haven’t heard if anyone (besides Don Trump Jr.) is hounding the dems about their jihadist congress member to renounce David Duke. Sometimes the Republicans just don’t jump when they should.


10 posted on 03/08/2019 8:51:21 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Signalman

Right. For two more years.....


11 posted on 03/08/2019 8:51:44 AM PST by alstewartfan ("If I should live to be seven I might forget Stephanie." Al Stewart)
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To: redshawk

And so it begins.....

*******

A favorite phrase on FR.


12 posted on 03/08/2019 8:52:14 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: Red Badger

It only matters if citizen Democrats are horrified at their party trampling on their rights and vote accordingly. If they think more illegal votes means more free stiff for them, then it wont matter.


13 posted on 03/08/2019 8:52:52 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Red Badger

They still have to get it through the Senate and POTUS.


14 posted on 03/08/2019 8:53:33 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: grobdriver

To ensure that they vote only in state and not federal elections would require separate ballots with no federal office entries. States are not going to do that. So the illegals will be voting in federal elections.


15 posted on 03/08/2019 8:53:53 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Democrats openly admit they are enemies of the American people and 50% of the population still doesn’t care. America is lost short of a major blood-letting in Civil War 2


16 posted on 03/08/2019 8:54:08 AM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: Red Badger

On the move every single day.

Republicans, but, but, but.....


17 posted on 03/08/2019 8:54:27 AM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: grobdriver

I’m actually a little confused by that line. I thought the point of the measure was to prevent illegal aliens from voting in state and local elections, not federal elections, and as the article points out, there are several localities, including San Francisco, that allow illegals to vote in at least some local elections.


18 posted on 03/08/2019 8:54:33 AM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: JudyinCanada

America is getting a little sample of what government will be like if we give the Senate and POTUS back to these people.


19 posted on 03/08/2019 8:54:48 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Keep it up, Dems. Show the entire country how anti-American you are.


20 posted on 03/08/2019 8:56:53 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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