Posted on 05/14/2008 7:04:34 AM PDT by flowerplough
Missouri and at least 19 other states are considering passing laws that would force people to prove their citizenship before they can vote. These bills are not a sincere effort to prevent noncitizens from voting; that is a made-up problem. The real aim is to reduce turnout by eligible voters. Republicans seem to think that laws of this kind will help them win elections, but burdensome rules like these — and others cropping up around the country — pose a serious threat to democracy and should be stopped.
The Missouri legislature is, as Ian Urbina reported in The Times on Monday, on the verge of passing an amendment to the State Constitution that would require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote. In addition to the Missouri amendment, which would require voter approval, Florida, Kansas, South Carolina and other states are considering similar rules.
There is no evidence that voting by noncitizens is a significant problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“There is no evidence that voting by noncitizens is a significant problem”
So,,, citizens, vote early, and vote often!
I AM LESS WORRIED ABOUT NON CITIZENS VOTING AS I AM ABOUT THOSE PESKY DEAD PEOPLE WHO VOTE IN DROVES.
This article poses a vacuous truth. Of course there is no evidence that voting by non-citizens is a problem because most places don't check for citizenship.
Oh please.
The old gray bag lady is wrong ... in Missouri - notably St Louis, we’ve sent multiple rats to prison for voter fraud from the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 elections — the cases were indeed involving fictional, redundant, illegal and dead voters.
Other cities and states are cesspools of fraud - look at those voting above the percentage of registered voters, and every single one of them involve rat politicians, lawyers and activists seeking to stuff the ballot boxes.
“The real aim is to reduce turnout by eligible voters.”
There also is no evidence of reduced turnout. Yet the author says that is the goal.
And the geniuses at the NYT wonder why their readership & advertising revenue is falling like a rock...
Hogwash!.............
I thought it was more to discourage the hypothetical situation where 500 mythical people who reside at, say, the same gas station, are trying to vote by absentee ballot and their signatures are all remarkably similar.
The Slimes once again shows it is irrelevant.
None whatsoever....as long as you militantly avoid recognizing it.
The myth is that having an ID to vote is burdensome.
In today’s society virtually every citizen has access to an ID. You can get one in Texas, for example, from the Driver’s License department, even if you don’t drive.
And IDs are ubiquitous. You have to have an ID-or a visitor’s pass—to get into the Times building.
Will we see an article about the myth of voter intimidation?
I’m not new here, but I am slow. Ain’t quite caught on to alerting potential barfers yet. Sorry.
What would be a sincere effort to prevent noncitizens from voting, New York Times? Please put forth your own ideas to prevent noncitizens from voting.
I need an ID to:
Buy alcohol,
Rent videos,
Buy tobacco products,
Borrow a book from the library,
Apply for a job,
etc,
etc,
etc.
I know that voting is way beyond the top of the list.
The truth is that liberals are afraid that blacks would stay away from the polls because they would be afraid that their ID’s would be run for outstanding warrants.
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