This is just down right outrageous. From the Houston Chronicle:
PHOENIX — Hispanic groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to block and declare unconstitutional voter identification requirements imposed under a 2004 voter-approved state law.
Voter registration drives are being hindered by the law's mandate for registrants to submit documents proving their citizenship, the lawsuit said.
Isn’t that just too damn bad!
"The reality is that Proposition 200 erects more barriers to voting and discourages citizens from registering to vote," said Cynthia Valenzuela, MALDEF's director of litigation.
No, it discourages NON-citizens from voting and that is the real point. You want to register illegal immigrants and that pesky little law requiring proof of citizenship is getting in the way. Anyone really think she is telling the truth here? Anyone?
The state will fight the lawsuit and defend the voter-approved law, said Secretary of State Jan Brewer, the state's chief elections officer.
I hope so.
VW
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This is one thing that roasts me about the county where I live. (And probably a lot of counties all over the country.) All voting is done by mail. I don't mind this. Nevertheless, when I went in to register shortly after moving here, I asked the woman in the office if she wanted to see my ID. She said, "No." I said, "But don't you need to know that I'm a citizen with the right to vote?" She said, "We don't ask." Excuse me? You don't ask?! I said, "Then how do you guarantee that the ballots being cast by the members of this county are the legitimate, legal votes of U.S. citizens?"
No answer.
DD
Posted by: Desert Dame | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 13:39