Posted on 01/31/2019 12:55:33 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
LULAC will move forward with its lawsuit against the state over a report on alleged non-citizens registered to vote in Texas, as the Secretary of State’s office now says it may have overestimated the numbers.
The report released on Friday stated that as many as 95,000 non-U.S. citizens were on voter registration rolls, and about 58,000 of them had voted in at least one election in Texas since 1996. Several days since its release, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights organization filed the lawsuit over the report, claiming voter intimidation and citing a section of the Voting Rights Act in the legal action.
“No governmental entity — be it state, federal or anyone — can coerce, threaten or intimidate voters from registering to vote and/or actually voting,” LULAC national general counsel Luis Vera told KRIS 6 News.
He claims the intimidation comes by targeting mostly minority voters who may have previously been non-citizens when applying to DPS for a driver’s license, but had since become citizens.
“We know that Texas averages approximately 54,000 new citizens a year,” Vera explained. “When you get sworn in as a naturalized citizen at the ceremony as you’re leaving, they give you the registration card to vote.”
Kevin Kieschnick, who administers voter registration in Nueces County, suspects that’s why the secretary of state has told county officials to hold off on demanding proof of citizenship from people on the state list.
“What I think the SOS kind of indicated to us is that there’s been a disconnect between DPS and them updating their drivers licenses that they’re now citizens,” Kieschnick said.
He believes that’s the core issue that needs to be fixed.
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Mexico retaliates
You won’t stop our takeover plan
purge the lists, and have anyone with a valid registration card reinstated.... why do they make this soooo hard
Seems to me they would have to prove that is the case. And being as the voter records are open to the public and available, they need to prove this before filling the suit. No, I’m not a lawyer, but I’ve been sober for over 8 hours.
If it is not unconstitutional to make gun owners refile every few years, it would not be unconstitutional to make voters re-register, say, every four years...,
They really don’t care about keeping this country intact and homogeneous. It’s not “intimidation” to purge the voter rolls of anybody that not legally eligible to vote, or to prevent future abuse.
LULAC WTF! This country will die by the Constitution because a-hole groups like this use it against us.
honestly the whole list should be poop canned.. once a registration is so many years old, poop can it.
if they still live in the area, they can re-register.
exactly. they can do it every time they go in to renew their license or ID.
ping
Yep, more Mexican collusion in our elections. Forget China or the Middle East, Mexico is our biggest enemy.
“Possible” illegal voters?
LMAO.
“Possibly illegal”, my Aunt Tilly.....
I’m about ready to vote for Mexican-American War v2.0
Patriots need to support PDJT with enforcing the 12th Amendment (12A) and Section 2 of the 14th Amendment (14A).
Enforcing 12A will put an end to unconstitutional state winner-take-all electoral votes laws imo.
"Excerpted from the 12th Amendment: "The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate [emphasis added]; …"
Regarding Section 2 of the 14th Amendment, that section specifies a penalty for states that weaken the voting rights of their citizens.
”14th Amendment, Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens [emphases added] twenty-one years of age in such State."
Note that voting rights amendments ratified after 14A effectively change how the express voting eligibility criteria of 14A is to be interpreted imo.
Regarding Section 2, the congressional record shows that post-Civil War federal lawmakers had pointed out not only that only citizens have the right to vote, but when a renegade state lets undocumented Democrats vote (my wording) the state is effectively nullifying the Constitution’s “uniform Rule of Naturalization” clause (1.8.4).
"Article I, Section 8, Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;"
" If the States can admit to the elective franchise those who are not citizens, thereby neutralizing the votes of citizens, not only the Federal power of naturalization becomes a nullity, but” * * * * "a minority of citizens by the aid of aliens may control the government of the States, and through the States the government of the Union [emphasis added]." —Appendix to the Congressional Globe, 1868. (See near middle of 1st column.)
" Whatever difference there may be as to what other right appertain to a citizen, all must agree that he has the right to petition and also to claim the Protection of the Government. These belong to him as a member the body politic, and the possession of them is what separates citizens of the lowest condition from aliens and slaves. To suppose that a State can make an alien a citizen or confer on him the right of voting would involve the absurdity of giving him the direct and immediate control of the action of the General Government [emphasis added], from which he can claim no protection and to which he has no right to present a petition." —Appendix to the Congressional Globe, 1868. (See bottom half of 1st column.)
So in addition to patriots supporting PDJT in enforcing 12A, patriots likewise need to support PDJT in working with the states to respect Sec. 2 of the 14th Amendment.
PDJT needs to work with the states to make sure that only people who present valid citizenship / photo ID cards will be allowed to vote in federal elections. Such cards need to be made scannable to facilitate Democratic ballot box officials with “poor” eyesight.
Insights welcome.
Someone is deliberately trying to take over the country.
I don’t think the state purged anybody, they are being sued over issuing a report.
WHY ARE WE ALLOWING CITIZENS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES RIGHTS THEY DENY US ???
It’s time we consider illegal entry by any person who is a non Mexican citizen illegally entering the United States through the US Mexican border a defacto Mexican citizen with limited Mexican constitutional rights subject to their laws while transiting. As well as any Mexican citizen doing so. All subject to reciprocal citizen treatment a citizen of the United States receives in Mexico through the Mexican constitution on citizenship .
Besides being unable to vote one must also be a citizen to own land and Mexico is very restrictive about granting citizenship. Because of that a US citizen besides not being able to vote,and cannot have title in their name to any land property in Mexico. And until that is changed the US and the affected state should consider making that reciprocal.prohibiting citizens of Mexico or countries with similar restrictions from doing both voting and land ownership..
Good, Now Criminally Charge LULAC with Accessory to Voter Fraud after the fact
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