Resources from today's live on the SAVE act.
Here's a comprehensive summary of our conversation:
1. We discussed the 2020 U.S. presidential election, noting that it would have taken approximately 76,851 votes across four states (Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada) to flip the result.
2. We covered states that allow non-citizens without legal residency to obtain driver's licenses, identifying 17 states and Washington D.C. that have such policies.
3. We explored which of these states use driver's license applications to automatically register applicants to vote, noting that 14 states have both non-citizen driver's licenses and some form of automatic voter registration.
4. We identified states that primarily rely on self-attestation of citizenship for voter registration: California, Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon.
5. A list of prominent "sanctuary cities" in the U.S. was provided, along with an explanation of what constitutes a sanctuary city.
6. We analyzed how many states containing sanctuary cities were won by the Trump campaign in 2020 (2 out of 17 listed).
7. We expanded the list to approximately 20-25 states containing cities or jurisdictions with sanctuary-like policies.
8. We calculated that flipping Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota would have been sufficient to change the 2020 election outcome, requiring a total of 233,880 votes across these three states.
9. We discussed estimates of Americans without identification, noting that while exact numbers are hard to determine, estimates range from 7% to 11% of the population, with higher percentages among certain demographics.
10. We estimated that between 5 million to 15 million voting-age citizens might lack government-issued photo ID.
11. We outlined various systems in place that allow people without standard ID to vote or attest to their citizenship status.
12. We discussed the potential use of the SAVE database for verifying citizenship status, noting its capabilities and limitations.
13. We clarified that no U.S. jurisdictions have proposed allowing non-citizens to vote in federal elections, though some municipalities have allowed non-citizen voting in local elections.
Throughout the conversation, we touched on various aspects of voting rights, election security, and immigration policies in the United States.
Biden Opposes: https://nhjournal.com/biden-opposes-save-act-blocking-non-citizens-from-voting/
Electronic Immigration Status Database from DHS: https://www.uscis.gov/save
