Only One LA Mayoral Candidate Was Willing to Give Straight Answer on Illegals Voting
At a Los Angeles mayoral debate, candidate Spencer Pratt was the onyl participant to give a direct answer on whether illegal aliens and other non-citizens should vote in U.S. elections, saying “no.” Democratic Mayor Karen Bass and candidate Nithya Raman rather said eligibility depends on the circumstances, pointing to cases where non-citizens may vote in certain local elections and school board-related elections.
The article also notes that Democrats have opposed laws that would require proof of citizenship to register and vote, such as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. It cites examples and claims of non-citizens appearing on voter rolls or voting in federal elections, including investigations in several states and alleged cases involving green card holders in New Jersey.
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt was the only person to give a straight answer when asked whether illegal aliens and non-citizens should vote in U.S. elections during a Wednesday debate.
The moderator of the mayoral debate asked each candidate, including Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, whether non-citizens should be permitted to vote in U.S. elections.
After Pratt gave a definitive “no,” Bass and Democratic candidate Nithya Raman would not give a straight answer.
“It depends, it’s not a yes or no,” Bass answered.
“Well first of all, when you say non-citizens, it doesn’t mean they’re here illegally. It doesn’t mean they’re undocumented. They could have green cards, they could be here perfectly legally, and there’s a lot of states and cities that do that in very, very local elections. We have to see what the councilman is proposing.”
“Yeah, I would say, again, it does depend in other places, school boards have non-citizens who vote, residents who vote for these,” Raman said.
Democrats have voted against measures that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship before casting a ballot.
In April 2025, only four Democrats voted to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would have required states to obtain proof of citizenship before registering an individual to vote and remove all non-citizens from existing voter rolls.
There have been several documented cases of non-citizens unlawfully voting in U.S. elections.
In August 2024, government officials in Alabama, Virginia, Ohio and Texas identified as many as 17,000 non-citizens on state voting rolls and worked to remove them from the lists ahead of the 2024 general election.
After Oregon resumed automatic voter registration, the Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services division found 118 non-citizens on its voter rolls, and at least 13 of them had voted, according to Willamette Week.
Authorities charged four green card holders living in New Jersey of voting in federal elections and falsely asserting they had never done so while applying for U.S. citizenship.
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