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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by tastyfreeze on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:21PM (#27518495)
California is the big one. Many states only require proof of residency to vote. Any state that allows something like a utility bill as ID is allowing all residents regardless of citizenship to vote. Not being a citizen isn't an issue for state level elections if that is what the state chooses to allow. But, national election voting rights are only extended to citizens.

https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state

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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by anoonmoose on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:41PM (#27518794)
Thank you for being specific. You're ignoring the fact that for the requirements listed here [1] to be valid, you need to have already registered to vote. To register, you need to (among other things) sign an affidavit affirming that you are a US citizen. It sounds like your real complaint is about CA not following through on punishment for those who lie on this form.

https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_ID_in_California

For a non-citizen to vote in CA, they either need to lie about their identity or lie about their citizenship. They are not "allowed to vote".

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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by kortilla on Friday June 18, 2021 @04:41AM (#27548514)
If all it takes is a simple lie, you’re not really doing any meaningful verification. If that level of trust was good enough, why not just drop all checks entirely at voting booths and just have a brief questionnaire that asks “are you allowed to vote?”
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