Left-wing corporate media went on a blitz this weekend dishonestly claiming legislation requiring people to prove their citizenship to register to vote is needless — even though the federal government currently prohibits states from requiring would-be voters to show documentary evidence of their citizenship status to vote in federal elections.
Alongside former President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Friday that House Republicans would propose legislation requiring individuals to show documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections.
Rolling Stone called the legislation “redundant” and said noncitizens voting is “already illegal.”
MSNBC’s Steve Benen claimed Johnson and Trump “are pushing a ban on non-citizen voting, which (a) almost never happens; and (b) is already illegal.”
NPR ran the headline “Republicans aim to stop noncitizen voting in federal elections. It’s already illegal,” referring in the story to a “myth that immigrants are exerting undue influence on American elections.” NPR further claimed “federal law requires voters to provide a unique identification number when they register to vote and because that is usually either a driver’s license or Social Security number, election officials can usually work with those agencies to verify citizenship status.”
NBC News published a piece titled “Trump and Mike Johnson zero in on noncitizen voting. It’s already illegal and very rare.” The article, however, almost immediately admits that noncitizens can vote in certain local elections.
“It is already a crime to register or vote as a noncitizen in all state and federal elections, though
