https://www.zerohedge.com/political/elon-musk-right-and-ny-times-wrong-about-illegal-voting-non-citizens

Elon Musk Is Right And The NY Times Is Wrong About Illegal Voting By Non-Citizens

BY TYLER DURDEN

WEDNESDAY, FEB 14, 2024 - 07:30 AM

Authored by James D. Agresti via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

In a recent trio of posts to X, Elon Musk wrote that (1) illegal immigrants “are not prevented from voting in federal elections,” (2) “you don’t need government issued ID to vote,” and (3) Democrats “are importing voters.”

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of social media platform X, in a file photo. (Frederic Legrand/Shutterstock)

To rebut those statements, The New York Times (NYT) published an article by Jim Rutenberg and Kate Conger claiming that Mr. Musk is “spreading election misinformation” about “illegal voting by noncitizens” and echoing a “conspiracy theory” spread by former President Donald Trump.

Although Mr. Musk’s words are imprecise, the gist of what he wrote is correct, and The NYT is categorically wrong.

Illegal Voter Registration

In response to Mr. Musk’s first two points, The NYT argues that “federal law requires identification verification from voters when they register.” The hyperlink in that sentence leads to a document by the liberal Brennan Center for Justice claiming that “new identification requirements” in a 2002 federal voting law “may severely threaten voters’ rights.”

What The NYT fails to reveal is that the Brennan Center document describes the identification requirements in the law, which don’t require government-issued ID or proof of citizenship—just as Mr. Musk wrote. The document notes that even a “utility bill” or “bank statement” is enough to comply with the law. The text of the 2002 legislation and the current U.S. election code law confirm this.

Furthermore, a 2013 Supreme Court ruling supports Mr. Musk and contradicts The NYT by explaining that the National Voter Registration Form “does not require documentary evidence of citizenship; rather, it requires only that an applicant aver, under penalty of perjury, that he is a citizen.”