Ken Paxton Threatens to Block Democrats From Registering to Vote
Ken Paxton Threatens to Block Democrats From Registering to Vote
The Texas attorney general is now threatening to sue two Latino-majority counties in his mad dash to block alleged “voter fraud.”
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Paxton threatened legal action against Bexar and Harris counties if they proceed with sending out mail-in voter registration forms, which the counties have proposed doing via third-party vendors. Paxton argues that it could encourage noncitizens to register to vote.
Seems pretty fair, it'd be WILD if you can just fill out a form in the mail and suddenly be able to vote.
The amount of legislative energy that is spent on limiting or outright preventing voter registration in this country is insane given how little actual documented evidence there is of it versus how few people we have voting. Especially given the most recent cases of voter fraud have been from Republicans.
The intent behind this is voter suppression. Nothing more.
If this suppresses votes, it suppresses the votes of illegal immigrants. If illegal immigrants don't vote, why do Democrats worry so much about illegal immigrants being barred from voting? They shouldn't care at all.
The boogeyman of 'illegal immigrants' has been dragged out over and over again ever since I was a child by conservatives. It had no teeth then and it has none now.
Simply put, the data does not support your irrational fears or your assertions: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/noncitizen-voting-missing-millions
If I were the type to take your point in good faith then I'd say eliminating mail-in voter registration is just a solution looking for a problem.
However, given your profile, I'm just going to say that this is classic voter suppression tactics. Raise the barrier to voting access and see how quickly the disenfranchised, poor, and working class voting numbers plummet. All in the name of continued voter disenfranchisement.
Edit: Nothing really to say about the most recent cases of voter fraud, eh?
Raise the barrier to voting access and see how quickly the disenfranchised, poor, and working class voting numbers plummet.
Why can't they vote in person?
Edit: Nothing really to say about the most recent cases of voter fraud, eh?
Which ones? Tell me about them.
Funny, the article says otherwise.
It says Paxton wants to limit or repeal the ability for Democrats to register to vote.
Not "Paxton wants to stop illegal immigrants from registering to vote".
Also; you can't register to vote if you're an illegal immigrant. It doesn't work. Full stop.
The article itself doesn't say that, it's just the headline. Looks like it did its job.
That's how Americans voted for hundreds of years.
If we're going to change how we do things, let's start with gun ownership. It's WILD that some places will let you just fill out a form and suddenly be able to get a gun.