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Alyse Galvin
23:45 - 24:25
"they were asked, "Hey, can you prove up that you're a citizen?" Well, 3 years ago they went to the DMV with their new passport. They were so excited to be new U.S. citizens. Again, 2023. And they brought that into the DMV, and yet somehow they're getting a letter from the Division of Elections because they're in the questionable category. And I will say that my, um, constituent, now a newfound friend, um, is scared."
“they were asked, "Hey, can you prove up that you're a citizen?" Well, 3 years ago they went to the DMV with their new passport. They were so excited to be new U.S. citizens. Again, 2023. And they brought that into the DMV, and yet somehow they're getting a letter from the Division of Elections because they're in the questionable category. And I will say that my, um, constituent, now a newfound friend, um, is scared.”
- Speaker
- Alyse Galvin
- Timestamp
- 23:45 – 24:25
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
From the transcript
And I shared with Director Beecher just earlier today an example wherein they were asked— and again, it's part of a way of trying to clean up the rolls— they were asked, "Hey, can you prove up that you're a citizen?" Well, 3 years ago they went to the DMV with their new passport. They were so excited to be new U.S. citizens. Again, 2023. And they brought that into the DMV, and yet somehow they're getting a letter from the Division of Elections because they're in the questionable category. And I will say that my, um, constituent, now a newfound friend, um, is scared.
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