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House Republicans Are Set to Pass a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions | “It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials” (www.motherjones.com)

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it would require documentary proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, to register to vote. The bill passed the House Thursday morning 220-208.

Nine percent of American citizens, roughly 21 million people, don’t have ready access to citizenship documents, according to a study by the Brennan Center and other voting rights groups. Sixty percent of them voted in the 2020 election. Close to 4 million don’t have these documents at all, because they were lost, destroyed, or stolen.

They probably just want to be able to take people’s papers when they come to vote.

[–] Beldarofremulak@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

No papers? Straight to El Salvador