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James Lankford: “In Oklahoma, we purge the voter roll when [non-citizens]…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Lankford Speaks on the Senate Floor on the SAVE America Act

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

And we found quite a few folks that tell a judge, I'm not a citizen, but told the election board I want to vote anyway. Well, that's not legal. But In Oklahoma, we purge the voter roll when [non-citizens] have already given sworn testimony they're not a citizen. not a citizen are not also registered to vote. That's not true everywhere across the country. Lots of folks just say we just trust, but we never verify. (01:29–01:39)

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Asserts that Oklahoma removes non-citizens from voter rolls based on sworn testimony.

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