Musk Claims “Illegals” Can Vote In Federal Elections

Popular Information reports:

This week, Elon Musk has repeatedly promoted false and misleading claims about voting to his 168 million followers on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter. Musk then used these erroneous claims to justify massive restrictions on voting in the United States, including eliminating early voting, abolishing most mail-in voting, and imposing new identification requirements.

On January 9, for example, Musk posted that “Arizona clearly states that no proof of citizenship is required for federal elections.” This revelation was accompanied by an image posted by an X user named Mark Jeffery, a cryptocurrency investor and self-published author of science fiction novels. A highlighted portion of the image states that individuals who do not provide proof of citizenship will be provided with a “federal only” ballot.

On January 10, Musk posted that he recently learned “illegals are not prevented from voting in federal elections,” and that “came as a surprise.” That claim is absolutely false.

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Musk uses megaphone to promote misleading claims about voting, push for severe restrictions, by @JuddLegum https://t.co/7KLhqNZET5

— Skip Zalneraitis (@skipz) January 11, 2024

Probably, however illegals are not prevented from voting in federal elections. This came as a surprise to me.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 10, 2024

In the USA, you don’t need government issued ID to vote and you can mail in your ballot. This is insane.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 8, 2024