{"id":21247,"date":"2024-07-10T16:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/?p=21247"},"modified":"2024-07-10T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:38:48","slug":"debunking-the-myth-surrounding-noncitizen-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/debunking-the-myth-surrounding-noncitizen-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Debunking the Myth Surrounding Noncitizen Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY COURTNEY COHN, DEMOCRACY DOCKET &#8211; JULY 9, 2024<\/p>\n<div>These barriers disproportionately impact people in minority groups, especially voters of color, according to the report.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIf there are elected officials who are concerned about election integrity, I hope they look at this data,\u201d Lauren Kunis, CEO of VoteRiders, said. \u201cI hope they fully understand the impact of what they are pushing for access to the ballot box for all eligible American voters.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kunis, who leads a non-partisan, non-profit organization ensuring that all citizens can exercise their right to vote, said there are numerous groups of people impacted by this that may not immediately come to mind.<\/div>\n<div>For example, young people and students living in dorms or apartments may have proof of citizenship at a more permanent home and can\u2019t access them to register to vote, she said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also, she explained that women who change their last name because of marriage or divorce, along with transgender and nonbinary individuals, may not have photo IDs and\/or documents that align with their gender identity or legal name.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/analysis\/debunking-the-myths-surrounding-noncitizen-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story on Democracy Docket<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY COURTNEY COHN, DEMOCRACY DOCKET &#8211; JULY 9, 2024 These barriers disproportionately impact people in minority groups, especially voters of color, according to the report. \u201cIf there are elected officials who are concerned about election integrity, I hope they look at this data,\u201d Lauren Kunis, CEO of VoteRiders, said. \u201cI hope they fully understand the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":21248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voteriders-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Debunking the Myth Surrounding Noncitizen Voting &#8226; VoteRiders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/debunking-the-myth-surrounding-noncitizen-voting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debunking the Myth Surrounding Noncitizen Voting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BY COURTNEY COHN, DEMOCRACY DOCKET &#8211; 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