For Republicans, immigrants are to blame for all our troubles and the reason why voters should abandon American democracy All corners of the right, from their political candidates and officials to their media and influencers, to their nonprofits and political organizations, are desperately trying to convince the American people...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James leads a coalition of 16 attorneys general urging a federal investigation into Texas’ outrageous raids targeting Latino candidates and organizers, saying that impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton has used a completely bogus lie as excuse to raid homes and “to inspire fear,...
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Sep 12, 2024
Conspiratorial lies about immigrants to justify voter suppression and intimidation while building the foundation to violently contest the election results are core to the GOP’s ‘24 campaign. After losing the election in 2020, Donald Trump and his allies cultivated the Big Lie that the election had been stolen as...
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Several U.S. House members representing Texas are the latest voices to urge the Department of Justice to investigate corrupt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for any potential civil rights violations following his despicable intimidation of Latino voters, including raiding the home of 87-year-old great-grandmother Lidia Martinez. The Democratic lawmakers...
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GOP embraces replacement theory in all-out assault on American democracy Top Republicans and their right-wing allies have been peddling bigoted conspiracies about a supposed plot by elites to use non-white immigrants to undermine our democracy with masses of fraudulent votes and dilute the voting power of “real” Americans. This...
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Despite the fact that widespread non-citizen voting doesn’t exist (as highlighted by Speaker Mike Johnson himself, after being unable to show the receipts when pressed for proof), House Republicans last month passed the so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. This bill purports to ensure election integrity, but in...
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Jul 11, 2024
Leer en español Far too many politicians, pundits, and online commentators are peddling bigoted conspiracies about non-citizens voting in our elections. This issue has been deeply researched, and even the most vocal proponents of the myth have failed to turn up any significant evidence of a problem. Non-citizens cannot vote in federal or state elections, and...
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Washington, DC — Following today’s House vote on the SAVE Act – part of the right-wing disinformation campaign about the integrity of our elections – Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, issued the following statement: “The lies about non-citizen voting and the related mainstreaming of ‘replacement’ conspiracies are...
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Access a recording of today’s virtual briefing HERE Washington, DC — Today, representatives from America’s Voice, the Brennan Center for Justice, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, UnidosUS, and Declaration for American Democracy held a press briefing to discuss the far-right disinformation campaign around non-citizen voting. As...
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Several state legislatures are entertaining baseless election denial conspiracies, adding redundant rules against non-citizen voting to the November ballot. Dressed as democracy protections, these efforts instead seek to create a boogeyman around a problem that doesn’t exist. After a decade and millions of dollars spent searching for a problem,...
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