Why the Upcoming Deportations Will Increase American Confidence in Elections

This article originally appeared in Townhall on January 16, 2025

"For those of us who work in the field of election integrity, it is our primary goal to ensure that Americans can trust their elections. States are responsible for safeguarding the votes of their own citizen residents and promoting trust that the votes are counted as cast. All Americans need to know that their fundamental right to vote is respected and that is exactly why we work tirelessly to make it easy to vote, but hard to cheat.

It is concerning that for the past few decades, many Americans on both sides of the aisle have expressed a low level of confidence in the American election system, with reactions to election results often wavering between vague suspicion and utter contempt, largely due to issues with elections administration, deficiencies in voting technology, concerns of ballot access and accountability, and evidence of foreign intervention. While we have stood behind numerous commonsense policies that enhance American confidence in elections and are broadly supported across the aisle, such as requiring voter ID and prohibiting private funding of elections administration, we are additionally glad of an upcoming change that will greatly increase election security: deportation of illegal aliens residing across the United States..."

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