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I am confused about voting rights?
So according to latest numbers and articles I have read, there are 11 million illegal hispanic immigrants in this country, probably more. Well 12.2 million voted in the recent presidential election. The US Constitution states you must be a US Citizen, either born or naturalized, to vote in a federal election and citizenship is not something that you can get in 10-15 years, takes a long time. Am I missing something here? Why is this not an issue? If you are gonna let non US citizens vote, then why can't people who are in prison vote? Now that ILL has passed the law giving hispanics a driver's license, what else are our great politicians gonna do for them just to garner votes? Really, really sad. Truly is.
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- hottotrot1_usaLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
There's a "fact" in your question that is highly suspicious. You say "12.2 million voted in the recent presidential election." Are you referring to 12.2 million illegal immigrants who voted? Where did you get that "fact." Its highly unlikely. What's your source?
- BflowingLv 78 years ago
Actually, the Constitution doesn't state you must be a citizen. In fact, it doesn't really list the requirements for voting.
The States control voting requirements. I'm pretty sure all 50 States do require US citizenship.
Various Amendments in the Constitution do inform the States as to who they can not deny the vote to.
By the way, there is no evidence of non-citizens voting in the last election, or any election.
