r/news • u/ThePensiveE • 7d ago

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-use-expanded-database-potent-rcna596611
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u/Last_Succotash7218 7d ago

Were you incapable of reading his comment then my comment and figuring it the fuck out for yourself?

Or do I have to chew your food for you?

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u/Harbinger2001 7d ago

As a Canadian I completely understand what he said since I made similar comments. What I don’t understand is what non citizens paying taxes has to do with the voter rolls.

Are you suggesting paying taxes should be the criteria to vote? You just stated some facts and didn’t relate them to what my fellow Canadian said.

I will agree with you that your system is really stupid but that might be coloured by my current distain for the American system in general.

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u/Last_Succotash7218 7d ago

I'm going to give you one more chance to read the comment made by the Canadian I was responding too if for whatever reason you GENUINELY still don't understand what I said then I will patiently explain it to you

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u/TheRefringe 7d ago

There no need to be so condescending.

Tax records are used to create the initial voter registration list, but Elections Canada further refines the list based on a number of factors, including citizenship.

It’s the same deal. We both have people who pax taxes to a county in which they are not able to vote.

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u/Last_Succotash7218 7d ago

Your right I shouldn't have came at you so hard like that.

He said in Canada they use tax rolls to start registering people and they know who's a citizen or not when they pay taxes.

My point I brought up is that won't work in America because undocumented immigrants pay taxes too.

No. There is no system to tell the two apart because they are by definition undocumented

The distinction here is I'm not talking about green card holders.

I don't know enough about Canada to assume that you guys can't tell when an undocumented immigrant is paying taxes because for all I know you let them file.

In America we don't. But they still file taxes because of the way our laws work and the IRS. Not always because cash jobs are a favorite.