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Mike Lee: “The NVRA National Voter Rights act, which the Supreme Court…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 18th

Published | Video Starts at 48:59

… integrity of our elections when it comes to protecting the rights of voters by excluding noncitizen voter participation. This law that we've been referring to is an existing federal law, The NVRA National Voter Rights act, which the Supreme Court decided prohibits the states from requiring proof of citizenship, even though the statute itself says nothing about that. That's the Supreme Court's conclusive, binding interpretation of needs to be changed in response to this ruling. It's a statutory interpretation, not a constitutional one. So we have the power to do that. (48:59–49:11)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court decision on the NVRA prohibits states from requiring proof of citizenship.

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