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Mike Lee: “There are some people in the United States who might be…”

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

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 20th

Published | Video Starts at 07:31

That's important for a number of reasons, including the fact that you don't want somebody voting in somebody else's name and you certainly don't want somebody voting who's not supposed to be voting at all. There are some people in the United States who might be citizens who are prohibited from voting for reasons having to do with criminal convictions, for example, or those who may have renounced their US citizenship. You wouldn't want that to happen. You wouldn't want a non citizen voting and you wouldn't want one person who might be a citizen with voting rights voting in somebody … (07:31–07:41)

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Asserts that some U.S. citizens are prohibited from voting due to criminal convictions or renouncing citizenship.

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