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Mike Lee: “There isn't a legitimate reason to not have a voter ID law…”

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

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 25th

Published | Video Starts at 1:17:20

Why should their state and local elections be any different than ours when we have the clearest and the strictest penalty against noncitizen voting? Well, they shouldn't. There isn't a legitimate defense against this. There isn't a legitimate reason to not have a voter ID law in place on the federal government, just as so many of the states have. The second element involves citizenship. Citizenship verification. We achieve this citizenship verification in two different ways. One, at the citizen responsibility end, when a voter shows up to register to vote, he or she must provide some type of proof of citizenship. (1:17:20–1:17:28)

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Asserts that there is no legitimate reason against federal voter ID laws, similar to state laws.

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