It stands to reason that, if we are to have reliable, secure elections, we must go to every effort to make sure only legal votes are cast and recorded. On Sunday, Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger (R-GA) and Adrian Fontes (D-AZ) had a spirited discussion, on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with host Kristen Welker, about attempted voting by noncitizens:
Welker asked Raffensperger why the issue of noncitizens voting in the election is such an urgent matter if its quite rare and illegal.
“Because I believe only American citizens should be voting in our elections. And I ran back in 2018 saying the same thing. I’m the first secretary of state in Georgia to ever do 100 percent citizenship verification,” Raffensperger responded.
He said the state found about 1,600 people that attempted to register to vote but they could not find citizenship verification.
“So, my fellow Georgians asked…
