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Mike Lee: “Their vote can be canceled out entirely by one or more or…”

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

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 21st

Published | Video Starts at 12:11

… our own tendencies toward paranoid fantasy, but they're also ignoring the fact that when we allow that to happen. We are disenfranchising actual American citizens because their vote matters less. Their vote can be canceled out entirely by one or more or 1,000 or more or 10,000 or more people who vote in the same jurisdiction who, who might not be eligible to do so. So yes, it matters. And this is not disenfranchisement. It's a little bit like saying you're excluding entire categories of people by requiring them to prove who they are when they start a job. (12:11–12:23)

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Asserts that non-citizen voting can cancel out legitimate votes.

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