{"id":12977,"date":"2018-10-23T12:29:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=12977"},"modified":"2018-10-23T12:30:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:30:22","slug":"d-a-king-in-insider-advantage-georgia-today-temporary-drivers-license-for-foreign-nationals-acceptable-id-at-georgia-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/23\/d-a-king-in-insider-advantage-georgia-today-temporary-drivers-license-for-foreign-nationals-acceptable-id-at-georgia-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"D.A. King in Insider Advantage Georgia today: Temporary driver\u2019s license for foreign nationals acceptable ID at Georgia polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insider Advantage Georgia<\/p>\n

October 23, 2018<\/p>\n

D.A. King<\/p>\n

This seems far, far away from \u201cvoter suppression.\u201d The driver\u2019s license Georgia issues to non-citizens \u2013 including illegal aliens who have already been ordered deported \u2013 is acceptable and \u201cproper identification\u201d when casting a ballot.<\/p>\n

This, according to multiple staffers at the main office of the Cobb Board of Elections and Registration office in Marietta<\/a> when asked multiple times by this early voter last week. To get an answer I had to explain what a limited term license is.<\/p>\n

For those who are not well versed in the topic, the driver\u2019s license DDS issues to foreigners<\/a> is labeled \u201cLIMITED TERM\u201d across the top, which is the only difference between it and a U.S. citizen\u2019s driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

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Georgia\u2019s temporary \u201cLimited Term\u201d drivers license. Photo: DDS.<\/p>\n

The acceptance appears to be in compliance with Georgia law (OCGA 21-2-417<\/a>) which merely says \u201cproper identification shall consist of any one of the following: A Georgia driver\u2019s license which was properly issued by the appropriate state agency;\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

This brings to mind the several attempts in the last few years under the Gold Dome to clarify the limitations of the limited term driver\u2019s license, which, generally, is supposed to be valid for the period of an alien\u2019s visa.<\/p>\n

In the 2017 General Assembly, House Rep Alan Powell introduced a bill to add \u201cINELIGIBLE VOTER\u201d \u2013 which was a compromise to his original language, which would have added the term \u201cNON CITIZEN\u201d to the non-citizens driver\u2019s license. Powell came under heavy fire from the illegal alien lobby<\/a> and his attempt at driver\u2019s license\/voter ID reform died.<\/p>\n

More than 20,000 aliens who have received a deferral in deportation proceedings or who have already been ordered deported also hold the same limited term license according to information from DDS early this year.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the state senate passed a bil<\/a>l sponsored by Senator Josh McKoon that would have marked the limited term driver\u2019s license held by this group with \u201cNO LAWFUL STATUS.\u201d<\/p>\n

McKoon contended his bill would help prevent voter fraud and terrorism. The driving and ID credentials are also accepted as ID to enter federal buildings and to board airliners in America\u2019s airports. Including the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO<\/a>), corporate -funded opponents argued such reform would \u201cstigmatize\u201d people and represented a \u2018Scarlett Letter\u2019 for \u201cimmigrants.\u201d The legislation died in the House.<\/p>\n

For this writer, the lunacy that a driver\u2019s license designed and intended for foreign nationals is accepted as valid ID to vote in Georgia is surpassed by the fact that literally no official I have ever spoken to at my Cobb polling place over the years \u2013 supervisors included \u2013 had ever even heard of a \u201climited term\u201d driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

For a memorable first-hand education, readers may want to ask about this when they vote.<\/p>\n

You read it here first.<\/p>\n

D.A. King of Marietta is president of the Georgia-based Dustin Inman Society.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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