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| Voter citizenship bill would violate federal law, TN attorney general says |
| 2010-05-22 |
| Excerpt: Legislation that requires new voters to show proof of citizenship when they register would violate a federal law meant to get more people to vote, the state attorney general said in an opinion released Wednesday. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #4 Ditto Barb. Not only should they have to show proof of citizenship - but they should also be *required* to re-register every 4 years - in person - with positive proof of Identity and citizenship. For the disabled people can make house calls. And yes - this includes the homeless. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-05-22 11:09 |
| #3 My name is Jose Jimenez: American voter and Mexican citizen. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-05-22 10:56 |
| #2 The time will be in January 2011, John, but you can bet Bambi would veto it, and lie about why (the 'why' being, as you said, the Dems want more voters for themselves). Even when the law was passed, I didn't like it. I'm of the opinion that if you're really interested in voting, you can get off you ass and go register. It wasn't that hard. Registration station were set up at supermarkets, the library, etc., near to election time when most people might have it on their radar. My mom was a registrar for a while; people could come to our house (with an appointment), including on weekends, to register. If someone was disabled and it was hard for them to get there, she'd go to them. It just wasn't that hard to register to vote before the Motor-Voter law was passed (unless of course you were an illegal alien, or dead, and a therefore a shoo-in to vote Dem). |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-22 10:55 |
| #1 AG Cooper is a democrat? Does that make any difference? The Motor-Voter Law was passed under Clinton and was a way to get more voters onto the democratic rolls without much voter scrutiny. Maybe it is time to think about repealing this Federal law? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-22 10:27 |