Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
The right to vote is one of the most cherished rights of any American citizen over the age of 18. However, there are several caveats to the exercise of that right, the most important being “American citizen.”
Several states are taking measures, they say, to ensure that non-citizens haven’t made their way onto the ballot. Lo and behold, the Department of Justice has been pushing back — and the media, in turn, is pushing back on anyone who characterizes the suits as an effort to keep those non-citizens on voter rolls.
So, what’s the truth? Here are the facts.
On Aug. 7, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Executive Order 35, which he described in a media release as an “executive order to codify comprehensive election security measures to protect legal voters and accurate counts.” Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 13, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced a purge of 3,251 individuals from that …
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