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  • H.R. 707, titled the "Deport Illegal Voters Act of 2025," aims to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. The bill seeks to classify unlawful voting as an "aggravated felony," expanding the list of such felonies in the Act. If passed, this would mean any non-citizen who...

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    The "Deport Illegal Voters Act of 2025" is a bill saying that if someone who is not a U.S. citizen secretly votes in an election, they could be sent back to their own country.

  • H. RES. 1459 is a resolution expressing the House of Representatives' opinion that states should rethink using ranked choice voting systems. The resolution outlines concerns that ranked choice voting complicates elections, can disenfranchise voters, and requires expensive...

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    The House of Representatives thinks that some states should think twice about using a voting method called ranked choice voting, because it might make voting harder, cost more money, and not be as fair. They want states to look into it more carefully, but they didn't give exact reasons or steps on how to do that.