{"id":1138,"date":"2007-11-08T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T16:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2007-11-08T12:52:21","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T16:52:21","slug":"1138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/08\/1138\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal aliens voting in the United States? No worries, it is merely part of looking for a better life and “having a say”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illegal immigration debate extends to voting booth
\nAllowing non-citizens to cast ballots being considered by more cities<\/strong>
\nBy EUNICE MOSCOSO
\nCox News Service<\/p>\n

Published on: 11\/07\/07<\/p>\n

Should non-citizens be allowed to vote? Officials in Takoma Park, Md., think so. The city, a liberal enclave near the nation’s capital, is one of a few local jurisdictions that encourage non-citizens to vote. Since Takoma Park does not ask for proof of legal residence, it is possible that illegal immigrants were casting ballots this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a few other small cities in Maryland, all residents are allowed to participate in local elections, regardless of citizenship status. Chicago allows non-citizens to vote in school board elections and New York City is considering a proposal to give voting rights to legal immigrants. New York City allowed non-citizens to vote in school board elections for more than three decades, until 2003… <\/p>\n

“One illegal immigrant voting is one too many,” said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that advocates stronger immigration controls.<\/p>\n

Krikorian said that granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants would increase the instances of voter fraud, because of a 1993 law known as “Motor Voter,” which allows people to register to vote when they get their driver’s licenses.<\/p>\n

Rep. Brian Bilbray, a California Republican who chairs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, testified before Congress earlier this year that the potential for non-citizens voting is a growing concern, especially when you “consider the relaxed registration requirements and a lax screening process at the time of voting.”<\/p>\n

“There is a very real possibility that non-citizens have affected the outcomes of elections in the past and will in the future,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More here <\/a>while the AJC link lasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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