Most Americans believe 'a large number' of illegal immigrants will be allowed to vote in presidential election

Some 54% of U.S. voters believe it likely that "a large number" of illegal immigrants will be allowed to vote this November, according to a recent poll by Napolitan News Service. Seventy-five percent oppose allowing non-citizens to go to the polls to elect both presidents and members of Congress, the survey revealed, and 60% are "strongly" opposed.

The poll comes amid a flurry of regulatory, legislative and judicial battles between Republicans and Democrats at different levels of government to settle election rules. One of the latest charges came to light last Friday, when the Republican National Committee (RNC) sued the Detroit Election Commission for hiring seven times as many Democratic poll workers as Republicans.

One of the main fears on the Republican side is that illegal immigrants will be allowed to vote. The Biden-Harris administration, they argue, allowed thousands of people to enter through illegal channels and is now offering them pathways to citizenship or directly allowing them to vote, in violation of the current electoral laws.

The latter is precisely the subject of an investigation announced by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton late this week. Investigators with the Texas attorney general's Election Integrity Unit are conducting undercover operations to identify possible non-citizen voter registrations in Texas.

"The Biden-Harris Administration has intentionally flooded our country with illegal aliens," Paxton maintained when he released the investigation. "Without proper safeguards, foreign nationals can illegally influence elections at the local, state, and national level."

In this regard, one of the Republican proposals was given the green light in an Arizona court in recent days when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of requiring proof of citizenship for those who want to register in the state to vote in the upcoming presidential election.

Napolitan News Service also asked voters on this point if they favor requiring voters to show photo ID before voting. Sixty-three percent said they were completely in favor, 24% only somewhat in favor and 9% opposed.

"Our [electoral integrity] efforts are proactive because Democrats are trying to change the rules of the game right now," RNC Chairman Michael Whatley previewed in May in an article for VOZ. The organization is now behind both the Detroit lawsuit and the Arizona ID court victory. After learning of the latter, Whatley celebrated it as a "seismic win" and vowed that there is "more to come."