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state audits and data compiled by groups across the political spectrum have found no indication that noncitizens are voting in large numbers.
Basically, rules imposing additional requirements on voter registration prevent vastly more citizens from voting than noncitizens, since the latter aren’t trying to vote.
What consequences could the government shutdown have for these elections?
Shutdowns always piss people off, and the GOP is always rightfully blamed, no matter their spin.
A shutdown would probably shift things to Harris a solid amount, and lose the GOP the house and keep them in the minority in the Senate.
You can tell most in the GOP know this because every GOP senator is telling the house to cut their shit out, but they ain’t gonna.
For once, I’m begging the GOP to shut down the government. God that would be so fucking funny if they sealed the deal for Harris.
Ditto.
Now, it’s actually unusual when a party is punished for a shutdown - as per https://time.com/6317658/government-shutdown-gop-elections-virginia/ past shutdowns that the GOP got the blame for didn’t really seem to hurt them later.
However, the key point from that article is this,
We’ve never had a shutdown this close to a presidential election, let alone during one. That might keep the pain fresh enough to actually cost the GOP, for once.