HA29A-H5100 would have amended the FY 2024-25 General Appropriations Act to prohibit state agencies from distributing voter registration forms to non-citizens.
The House failed to advance HA29A-H5100 when it adopted a motion to table the amendment on May 8, 2024, by a vote of 98 to 14. We have assigned pluses to the nays because non-citizens, especially illegal aliens, should not receive “public assistance benefits” (e.g., Medicaid), let alone voter registration forms. The U.S. Constitution was written to “promote the general Welfare” of American citizens, and only “We the People of the United States” retain the “right of Representation in the Legislature.” Misappropriating taxpayer funds or allowing non-citizens to illegally register to vote fails to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” South Carolina should exercise its authority under Article I, Section 4, of the Constitution, as well as the 14th and 26th Amendments, for purposes of election integrity, thereby ensuring equal protection of “the right of citizens of the United States to vote.”