8 Of The 9/11 Hijackers Were Registered to Vote, Illegal Immigrants Swaying Elections In California
Both reasons why voter ID laws are pretty important, according to John Fund:
The potential for fraud is not trivial, as federal privacy laws prevent cross-checking voter registration rolls with immigration records. Nevertheless, a 1997 Congressional investigation found that “4,023 illegal voters possibly cast ballots in [a] disputed House election” in California. After 9/11, the Justice Department found that eight of the 19 hijackers were registered to vote.
Under pressure from liberal groups, some states have even abandoned the requirement that people check a citizenship box to be put on the voter rolls. Iowa has told local registrars they should register people even if they leave the citizenship box blank. Maryland officials wave illegal immigrants through the registration process, prompting a Justice Department letter warning they may be helping people violate federal law.
Here’s Fund talking about the issue on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Voting for American leaders should be the sole right of citizens of the United States, but under current laws a lot of non-citizens are getting to vote. So we need to change the laws to protect our elections from people who have no right to vote.
That means voter ID’s, among other provisions. And the objections to voter ID (that a small fraction of the population can’t afford to, or be bothered to, secure an ID for themselves) is absurd. Let’s make the ID’s, and all the necessary documentation for getting them, free of charge and create one-stop destinations for voter ID’s and registration. But there’s simply no excuse to keep operating under a system that allows elections to be influenced by illegal voters. Tags: Domestic Issues, Politics
