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WARREN COUNTY, OH -- In Congressman Greg Landsman's newsletter this week, he explains why he voted no on the SAVE America Act that was passed by the House this week.
"I voted no. Here’s what it is, why I’m opposed, and what we should be doing instead," Landsman wrote. Landsman noted that while Congressional Republicans say the bill is about election security and preventing noncitizens from voting, he explained that noncitizen voting is already illegal.
"It almost never happens and when it does, it’s caught," he wrote.
Landsman explained that what the bill does is...
'If this bill becomes law, 21 million American citizens could lose their ability to vote — including people who are already registered," he wrote adding, "We should absolutely protect our elections. Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy."
Landsman gave ideas on what should be done...
'That’s part of the broader democracy reforms we’ve been fighting for — returning power back to the American people and restoring trust. We’ve written extensively about this in our Great American Comeback plan," wrote Landsman adding, "I’ll keep fighting to protect election integrity and protect the right to vote."
The issue seems to be that some non citizens are added to voter roles accidentally through the DMV or other data base errors. Perhaps, if some of the states would stop issues non citizens drivers licenses we would be just fine with MORE laws on the books. Folks would probably be a lot safer on the roads too!
Greg Landsman is correct. We need smart laws to register voters and not allow fear mongering from Americans who clearly don’t want immigrants here. As a citizens who has green card holding family members, I take offense to the comments I often see and hear are not based on truth, but ignorance.