Clinton ally Marc Elias is furiously suing Wyoming to prevent them from verifying voters are actually American citizens – making one wonder exactly who he thinks should be participating in our elections.
At a Glance
- Marc Elias, notorious for his role in the 2016 “Russia hoax,” has filed a lawsuit challenging Wyoming’s new voter citizenship verification law
- The Wyoming law requires proof of citizenship like passports or birth certificates to register to vote, passing with overwhelming bipartisan support
- Elias claims the law violates constitutional rights and disproportionately impacts certain communities
- The lawsuit comes amid broader Democratic opposition to President Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship for federal elections
Democrat Election Attorney Attacks Common-Sense Citizenship Requirements
The Democrat Party’s go-to election attorney Marc Elias is at it again, this time turning his legal artillery against Wyoming’s perfectly reasonable effort to ensure only American citizens vote in American elections. Elias, who gained infamy for his central role in promoting the debunked Russia collusion narrative against President Trump, has filed suit against Wyoming’s new voter registration law requiring simple proof of citizenship. Apparently, asking voters to verify they’re actually Americans eligible to participate in our electoral process is now considered controversial by the left.
The Wyoming law, which passed with overwhelming support in both chambers (51-8 in the House and 26-4 in the Senate), requires potential voters to provide documentation such as a passport, birth certificate, or naturalization papers. This common-sense measure became law without Governor Mark Gordon’s signature after receiving strong bipartisan backing in the legislature. But for Elias and his allies at the ACLU and Equality State Policy Center, asking voters to prove they’re citizens is apparently an unbearable burden on constitutional rights.
Pushing to Allow Non-Citizens to Vote
The lawsuit makes the absurd claim that asking for proof of citizenship will somehow disenfranchise women, Hispanic, young, and low-income voters. It even trots out the thoroughly debunked argument that women will struggle due to name changes after marriage — as if women are incapable of keeping track of their own documentation. This patronizing view assumes American citizens are either too incompetent or too lazy to provide basic proof of their eligibility to participate in one of our most sacred civic duties.
“Why are top Democrats suing to allow non-citizens to vote in American elections? You know why.” – U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah
Senator Lee hits the nail on the head. The left’s aggressive opposition to citizenship verification has nothing to do with protecting vulnerable communities and everything to do with padding voter rolls with ineligible participants. Wyoming’s current law merely requires voters to attest to their eligibility with a signature — an honor system ripe for abuse. The new law simply adds verification to that attestation, a standard practice in virtually every other important civic procedure in American life.
Part of a Broader Attack on Election Integrity
This Wyoming lawsuit isn’t happening in isolation. It’s part of a coordinated legal assault against President Trump’s executive order mandating proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections. Nineteen Democrat-led states have sued to block the order, claiming it’s unconstitutional despite the obvious fact that only U.S. citizens are legally permitted to vote in federal elections. These states apparently believe verifying something as fundamental as citizenship creates an “unlawful burden” on potential voters.
“We are a democracy — not a monarchy — and this Executive Order is an authoritarian power grab. With this Order, this President is prioritizing his own quest for unchecked power above the rights and will of the public.” – New York Attorney General Letitia James
James’ hyperbolic rhetoric exposes the left’s strategy: frame basic election security measures as authoritarian power grabs while fighting tooth and nail to keep verification requirements nonexistent. Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray rightly criticized the lawsuit as a transparent attempt to undermine election integrity measures that enjoy broad popular support. The American people overwhelmingly believe only citizens should vote in our elections, and they expect their government to verify that basic qualification.
The Real Agenda
Billionaire Elon Musk summed up the situation in one word: “Fraud.”
When Democrats and their attorneys fight this hard against verifying voter citizenship, Americans should ask themselves why. Is it really about protecting vulnerable communities, or is it about ensuring certain categories of people can vote without verification? Wyoming’s law doesn’t prevent any eligible citizen from voting – it simply confirms they are who they say they are. In a nation where ID is required for everything from buying cold medicine to opening a bank account, why should selecting our governmental leaders require less verification than buying Sudafed?
