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The
right of foreigners to vote in the United States[1][2] has historically been a contentious issue. A
foreigner, in this context, is an
alien or a person who is not a
citizen of the United States.
Since 1996, a federal law has prohibited non-citizens from voting in federal elections, punishing them by fines, imprisonment, inadmissibility, and deportation.
[3][4][5] Exempt from punishment is any non-citizen who "reasonably believed at the time of voting (...) that he or she was a citizen of the United States," had a parent who is or was a citizen, and began permanently living in the United States before turning 16 years old.
[3] The federal law does not prohibit non-citizens from voting in state or local elections, they don't allow it but there are many many loopholes.
Now you can find the video of obama talking about this when asked by a non legal if she should fear being reported,fined, jailed and deported if she votes. I'll find it and post it. What he is saying in the video is that if illegals want to vote that he guarantees they won't be looked into due to the privacy of the vote. I can't make this shit up.
Now for the Id thing here is an example of the states that require photo Id to vote below.
In states with strict ID laws, the voter is required to take additional action after the provisional ballot is cast to verify ID. The NCSL places state-level voter ID laws in one of the following categories: Strict photo ID in effect:
Georgia,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Mississippi,
Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
So basically any illegal that claims a home address with a legal relative can now vote with out Id in any of the states that allow it. The laws are protecting this kind of things under the basis that asking for Id from a minority group is "racist" and unconstitutional. So basically if they are here illegally but have a legal relative here than they can now vote and obama basically told them that the punishment part of voting will not be inforced under his administration. So the vote will be excepted regardless if the immigration papers have already been filed or NOT. LOOPHOLE!!
I know I'm missing some major points here but I will post them as I remember them.