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originally posted by: Metallicus
How do we pretend we are upset about Russian interference in our election process and then turn around and let non-citizens vote in our elections?
The hypocrisy is simply unbelievable.
originally posted by: Metallicus
How do we pretend we are upset about Russian interference in our election process and then turn around and let non-citizens vote in our elections?
The hypocrisy is simply unbelievable.
originally posted by: projectvxn
I could have avoided a lot of paperwork if I had just done everything illegally.
I should just burn that citizenship certificate as it means dick all now.
originally posted by: queenofswords
if found out
originally posted by: Ursushorribilis
Except you still have to be a citizen to vote. So no, they are not legally able to vote, with or without this new ID.
originally posted by: face23785
originally posted by: projectvxn
I could have avoided a lot of paperwork if I had just done everything illegally.
I should just burn that citizenship certificate as it means dick all now.
I'm still waiting for a city to declare itself a sanctuary for citizens that don't feel like following the law.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
State Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich says there is no state requirement to prove citizenship while registering to vote. He’s not expecting a surge in potential voter fraud cases because the process will remain the same.
The article continues with
''“When you go to register to vote, you do check a box that attests to your citizenship,” Dietrich said. “You are signing a legal document that says, ‘Yes, I am a citizen.’ But no one who registers to vote is required to bring in, for example, a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship. That’s something that you check the box, and you attest to it.”
Dietrich believes the penalty for illegally registering to vote is steep enough to discourage those who might be considering it.''
So it seems that the crux of the issue is that the state has, and has had, no requirement to prove citizenship to register. This is where the problem is, not in this new ID.