 today that we caught in a federal election to build up prove that they're u.s citizens that simple hello for a non-citizen to vote in the federal election but oddly enough there are a series of laws background this piece it's a 2012 piece by the new york times it's a real piece it's not a conspiracy theory 2012 the author's adam liptak l-i-p-t-a-k and the piece is titled error and fraud at issue as absentee voting rises