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2004-09-26 Home Front: Politix

Politician Wants Voters to Prove Citizenship

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-26 11:38:32 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I can't see the problem. I have a voter registration card which I always present to the voter check-off ladies at the poll without being asked.

It makes things go faster. They don't have to ask me to spell my name, etc.

I honestly don't see what the big deal is.

Of course, I don't have tissue-thin skin like the left does.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-09-26 12:30:25 AM|| 2004-09-26 12:30:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Illegals don't have to go the polls to vote. The California Democratic Party casts absentee ballots on their behalf. Ask Loretta Sanchez.

Posted by Random thoughts 2004-09-26 1:02:33 AM|| 2004-09-26 1:02:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Well thats not the way it works in California in my county. You show up give your name and address they check the role and hand you a ballot after you sign your name. No id no nothing. I vote absentee now but I have never been asked for a id to vote.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-26 1:10:27 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-09-26 1:10:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Immigrants who become citizens receive naturalization papers. Democrats just want those of their supporters who are illegal aliens to be able to vote for them.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-26 1:29:55 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-26 1:29:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Others call it discrimination. "It is specifically, I believe, targeting immigrants who have become citizens of the United States," said Jess Durfee, chairman of the San Diego Democratic Party.

This guy's gotta be joking.

Right?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-26 4:30:35 AM|| 2004-09-26 4:30:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Naturalized citizens have had citizenship classes (manditiory I thought) and know how to freeking register and vote. Every high school student in California has a manditory government course where they are taught all about the Constutition, Bill of Rights and voting. Don't pass the class you can 't graduate high school. Most of those new citizens would be proud as hell to show off their citizenship papers.

This is all about democrats using illegals (used to a nanny state and subsdised tortillas) to steal elections in urban California, Los Angles, San Deigo, San Fransisco, Sacremento and San Jose. You will recognize all those being spanish place names. The democrtats know how to steal elections here they been doing it for years.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-26 5:25:05 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-09-26 5:25:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 As Zhang Fei notes, naturalized citizens have papers which they keep. Native born citizens, on the other hand, (may) have birth certificates which they might never have occasion to request.

See here for a tepidly amusing tale of a native-born US citizen who never knew (or actually needed to know) her legal name until she was 64. I would think that being required to produce proof of citizenship would be harder on people like her (and maybe those naturalized Americans who've been citizens a long time) than on new citizens.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-09-26 11:18:55 AM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-09-26 11:18:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 "I just realized that I have no clue how one "proves" one's citizenship. "

In continental Europe it's done by ID cards. My suggestion would be to have a similar system. Or atleast the voter registration cards that Barbara mentioned.

Naturalized citizens may be proud to vote, but they may not like being segregated from native-born Americans for life. If there are two different ways of showing one's citizenship in each single election, very soon you'll de facto have two different lines to the ballot box.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-09-26 12:13:28 PM|| 2004-09-26 12:13:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 "I call for surpression of the voting rights of the deceased as well."

Yo! WTF! Here in Philadelphia, that's a tradition! Don't you have any respect for your ancestors????

Posted by Dave D. 2004-09-26 12:21:27 PM|| 2004-09-26 12:21:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 they hold naturalization ceremonies in San Diego at the Community Concourse by City Hall, and both parties have displays and tents to sign up new citizens. It's not hard. Should note the rest of the SD County Board of Supervisors approved Horn's motion requesting (the corrupt) Kevin Shelly, Sec of the State to incorporate these sensible measures. Without doubt, the Dem majority will not allow that to pass, especually after Arnold spanked their ass over the Driver's License bill for illegals. The Dem party is whistling past the referendum graveyard - I think most Californians are pissed off at their conduct on illegals and the old Prop 187

Posted by Frank G 2004-09-26 1:14:28 PM|| 2004-09-26 1:14:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I think this should be made nationwide - no proof of citizenship (via passport, registration card (requiring a birth cert. or passport to get or naturalization papers) - no vote. Period. No Exceptions.

And yes dammit it is discriminiation -- It discriminates between those (citizens) who have a right to vote and those (non-citizens) who do not have (and should not have) the right to vote.

Not all discriminiation is bad.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-09-26 1:25:13 PM|| 2004-09-26 1:25:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 In Europe you can prove your Israeli citzenship with a tattoo, and use a seperate line to the ballot box.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-26 1:37:30 PM|| 2004-09-26 1:37:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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