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John Cornyn: “With the dramatic increase of mail voting, voting by mail…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn Calls Out Dems for Opposing SAVE America Act, Wanting Illegals to Vote in American Elections

Published | Video Starts at 15:27

So just because something's illegal without enforcement, deterrence doesn't occur. And that's why we need a vote. Photo id. It's also because With the dramatic increase of mail voting, voting by mail, that happened during the COVID pandemic, many Americans rightly became worried that this process of voting by mail could be abused. If a ballot is mailed to the wrong address, particularly if it's not solicited, if it's just mailed out en masse to various addresses, there's not much stopping the wrong person from filling it out, forging a signature, and dropping it in the mail. (15:27–15:40)

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