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  Wall Street Journal: Is mass mail voting here to stay? It certainly looks that way: Last year 30.3% of voters cast ballots by mail, down from 43% in 2020, but higher than before Covid. That’s according to a recent report by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which also says 580,000 mail ballots, or 1.2%, were rejected, half for signature problems. That’s an argument for voting in person, as well as for states to button up their absentee rules. Yes, Democrats will shout “voter suppression,” but then they’ll likely lose in court. Last week a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2021 Texas law that generally requires mail voters to verify identity via a state ID number or the last four digits of a Social Security number (SSN4). As Judge James Ho writes for the unanimous panel, Texas reserves mail voting for people who are elderly, disabled, incarcerated, or out of state. Before 2021, a voter requesting a ballot merely needed to sign an application and give a na...

 DC Daily Journal: ... Hillary Clinton, once a presidential hopeful and prominent political figure, ignited a firestorm on Thursday with her sharp critique of a Republican-backed bill she claims endangers voting rights for millions, particularly married women. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which sailed through the House, seeks to tighten voter registration by mandating proof of U.S. citizenship for federal elections. Clinton’s remarks, however, have drawn fierce pushback from GOP lawmakers who argue she’s distorting the bill’s intent and effects. “Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don’t match their birth certificates,” Clinton declared, urging her followers to press senators to oppose it. Her statement frames the legislation as a direct attack on voting access, zeroing in on women whose legal names have changed due to mar...

 Blaze: The House passed another key immigration bill Thursday despite Democrats nearly unanimously voting to tank the legislation. The SAVE Act , which was spearheaded by Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, passed in a near party-line vote with 216 Republicans voting for the bill and 208 Democrats voting against it. Just four Democrats joined Republicans to pass the legislation. "The bill is pretty simple," Roy said . "It just simply says you've got to demonstrate with documentary proof of citizenship that you're a citizen the next time you're going through the cycle of your registration process, or if a state decides to clean out their voter rolls." Some critics have suggested that the bill is redundant as it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in elections. Despite this, voter registration relies on individuals to self-report their own citizenship status without verification. Roy's bill would close that existing loophole and fortify election...

 Federalist Wire: ... The New York State Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that a New York City law permitting noncitizens to vote in local elections violates the state constitution. The ruling, backed by all but one of the court’s seven judges, affirms what many have long argued: voting is a right reserved exclusively for U.S. citizens. This outcome aligns with widespread public opinion that noncitizen voting has no place in American elections, and the court’s stance here is a clear win for that view. The case stemmed from a lawsuit challenging a 2022 New York City law that would have allowed roughly 800,000 noncitizens—specifically lawful permanent residents or those authorized to work in the U.S.—to cast ballots in local elections. The measure, passed by the New York City Council in 2021, sparked immediate controversy and legal action, halting its implementation almost as soon as it took effect. ... New York City has more non-citizens than most states have, and this count does ...

  Federalist Wire: ... The New York State Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that a New York City law permitting noncitizens to vote in local elections violates the state constitution. The ruling, backed by all but one of the court’s seven judges, affirms what many have long argued: voting is a right reserved exclusively for U.S. citizens. This outcome aligns with widespread public opinion that noncitizen voting has no place in American elections, and the court’s stance here is a clear win for that view. The case stemmed from a lawsuit challenging a 2022 New York City law that would have allowed roughly 800,000 noncitizens—specifically lawful permanent residents or those authorized to work in the U.S.—to cast ballots in local elections. The measure, passed by the New York City Council in 2021, sparked immediate controversy and legal action, halting its implementation almost as soon as it took effect. ... That should be the case nationwide.  It is one of the primary benefits of...

 Newsmax: Rasmussen: 77 Percent Say Photo ID 'Reasonable' to Vote ... Poll results also show that requiring photo ID to vote is favored by 86% of Republicans, 69% of Democrats, and 75% of voters not affiliated with either major party. In terms of racial identity, 74% of people identifying as white, 88% of those identifying as Black, 77% identifying as Hispanic, and 81% identifying as another minority say requiring photo ID to vote is a reasonable measure to protect election integrity. ... Not having a photo idea does make it easier to cheat.   Democrats have previously suggested that photo ID discriminated against blacks and other minorities but the poll certainly suggests otherwise. See also: The DNC was just put on blast for this truly shameful display And:  New York Times Gives Inside Look At How Trump Broke The Democrat Party

Banning voter ID makes it easier to cheat and it is telling that they are the only ones against voter ID. I have been showing my ID to vote in Texas for years. The Democrats' policy is as ridiculous as banning driver's licenses.

  Elon Musk @elonmusk · 6h The same people who demanded that you have a vaccine ID to travel are now demanding that there be no ID for voting Quote ALEX @ajtourville · 9h Nobody ever says presenting a valid ID is an unreasonable request EXCEPT when it comes to voting. How many people: • are US citizens; and • are eligible to vote; and • want to vote; and • don't do any of the things in the left column; and • for some reason can't get an ID? Show more 3.6K 37K 128K 5.6M Those who oppose voter ID are facilitating vote fraud.