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| Could Non Citizens Decide The November Election? |
| 2014-10-24 |
| My only surprise is the WaPo reporting this before an election. Could control of the Senate in 2014 be decided by illegal votes cast by non-citizens? Some argue that incidents of voting by non-citizens are so rare as to be inconsequential, with efforts to block fraud a screen for an agenda to prevent poor and minority voters from exercising the franchise, while others define such incidents as a threat to democracy itself. Both sides depend more heavily on anecdotes than data. In a forthcoming article in the journal Electoral Studies, we bring real data from big social science survey datasets to bear on the question of whether, to what extent, and for whom non-citizens vote in U.S. elections. Most non-citizens do not register, let alone vote. But enough do that their participation can change the outcome of close races. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #3 Why do I feel these are the final stages in a tragedy? Much like the mobilizations that they said they couldn't stop before WWI. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-10-24 22:45 |
| #2 DemoLefty "safe" Legalism says that iff Illegals can qualify for various State-level Public Assistance + Fed Aid, then by definition theres no reason to deny them a right to vote, Locally or Nationally. Ditto vicey-versey. ITS CALLED SSSSHHHH ...PCCCCCCCC SETTING "LEGAL PRECEDENCE", PERHAPS MORE PKA INTENTIONAL "LEGAL" CIRCUMVENTION OF LAW + DUE PROCESS. Another reason for the DemoLefties to NOT talk about the next Year 2015. D *** NG POPE GREGORY + HIS CALENDAR - WE ALL KNOW THE YEAR 2016 FOLLOWS THE YEAR 2014! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-24 20:47 |
| #1 Only fitting with an unamerican in the whitehouse |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-10-24 20:09 |