Anna Pingel,
October 21, 2024
Importance of Citizen-Only Voting in Tennessee
WE MUST ENSURE THAT ONLY U.S. CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE
- The U.S. electoral system is designed to give every eligible U.S. citizen in every state a say in choosing our leaders at the federal, state, and local levels.
- The federal National Voter Registration Act requires that states take steps to ensure that only eligible citizens are registered to vote.
- Due to the failure of the Biden-Harris Administration to secure the border, states must work even harder to ensure that their elections are not compromised by illegal aliens casting votes.
- Over 12 million illegal aliens, including known “gotaways,” have entered the country since 2021.
- Further, the Biden-Harris Administration issued Executive Order 14019, directing all federal agencies to register voters, including many federal agencies that interact regularly with illegal aliens.
- These unprecedented efforts put even more responsibility on states to protect the integrity of their elections.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Tennessee is home to at least 140,000 illegal aliens, but this number does not account for the major influx of the last 3 years.
- This is the sixteenth-highest illegal alien population in the country.
- Tennessee has a population of 6,910,840.
- 140,000 illegal aliens represent 2.026% of Tennessee’s population. Though this seems a small fraction, it’s enough to make a difference in close elections.
- A 2014 BALLOT MEASURE PASSED BY A MARGIN OF JUST 71,971 VOTES.
TENNESSEE MUST TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE ONLY CITIZENS VOTE
- Governors should issue an America First model executive order to enforce state election laws and ensure that only eligible U.S. citizens vote.
- State legislators should pass legislation that ensures only U.S. citizens are voting using the America First model policy.
- State election officials should conduct regular voter roll maintenance for transparency and accountability.
- Voters should support ballot initiatives to enshrine citizen-only voting in their state Constitution and elect officials who will enforce it.