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Jim Risch: “Americans deserve to have only Americans vote in our…”

Featuring: Jim Risch, Republican | U.S. Senate Idaho

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We need to show identification for so many daily tasks, it should be the same for our elections.

Published | Video Starts at 00:08

Well, look, this is one of those issues that is just plain common sense. It shouldn't take an argument, it shouldn't take persuasion to get people to agree with this. Americans deserve to have only Americans vote in our elections. Very simply, asking someone to show up with ID is not burdensome. If you go to the airport, you got to have id. (00:08–00:14)

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Asserts that only American citizens should be allowed to vote in U.S. elections.

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