Mike Lee explodes on voting error that keeps happening as huge number of noncitizens found on rolls

Firebrand conservative Sen.Mike Lee, R-Utah, slammed both Democrats and Republicans who have resisted passage of the SAVE America Act after a report found that 30,000 noncitizens were “mistakenly” registered to vote in states across the country since 2000.Reuters reported on Wednesday that more than 30,000 self-declared noncitizens have been added to U.S.

voter rolls since 2000.The outlet attributed the erroneous registrations to “software glitches and clerical errors” and said that its review suggested “inadvertent bureaucratic failures, ‌rather than organized efforts to register immigrants illegally.” The outlet said that this raised “questions about whether legislative efforts to require proof of citizenship for voter registration would eliminate the issue.”However, while speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Lee, who introduced the SAVE America Act earlier this year, said that “even though we have laws that prohibit things like noncitizen voting, those laws have been rendered difficult and essentially impossible to enforce.”“That thing that they claim never happens, voter fraud or noncitizen voting, just keeps happening over and over and over again,” he railed.Reuters reported that the errors occurred in California, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

The outlet said it was unable to determine how many noncitizens actually cast ballots and further noted that the numbers are not precise because “state data is often tentative and subject to revision.”This follows New Jersey Democratic Gov.Mikie Sherrill’s disclosure that 6,600 self-identified noncitizens were registered to vote and fewer than 400 of those individuals cast ballots.Lee attributed problems with ineligible voter registration and voting to reliance on the “honor system” for self-attestation of voter eligibility.Referencing an all-you-can-eat deal at a popular chain restaurant that requires customers to s...