Posted on 06/07/2006 6:15:11 AM PDT by fgoodwin
http://www.aim.org/guest_column/4623_0_6_0_C/
By Paul M. Weyrich | June 7, 2006
I received a call from a long time friend from California. To say the least he was not in a happy mood. "Is anyone back there discussing the impact of immigration on reapportionment?" he asked me. My friend is former State Senator Bill Richardson, who served 24 years in the California Legislature. He is also the Chairman of Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners of California. He left the Legislature to become more effective with Gun Owners. Run by Larry Pratt in Washington, Gun Owners has become one of the most effective lobbies in Washington.
Richardson writes for his own website:
"They [Democrats] benefit from the flood of illegal immigrants—not only from the possibility that they may someday register to vote as Democrats -- BUT THE DEFINITE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON THE CENSUS.The Democrats' dirty little secret is knowing how to use illegal aliens, although NOT registered to vote, to help them elect a disproportionate number of left wing Democrats to office.
Few know that reapportionment of legislative districts is based on census data, i.e. the body count, NOT registered voters. The law requires approximately the same number of people (men, women, children and babies) living with-in the boundaries of each district.
Illegal aliens, out of necessity and for cover, gravitate to population centers, where they can mingle with those who speak their language. Therefore they enlarge the ranks of the Mexican American population. Like African Americans, not a high percentage of Mexican American register to vote, leaving an opportunity for a small body of left wing activists inside the Mexican area to run for office with financial help from outside left-wing liberals.
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The good news on reapportionment. When the next one rolls around, my state of MA will probably lose two seats. Now that's progress!
Yep, it's something like 16 seats are available because of illegals. Let's just hand this country over, YEAH!?
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"although NOT registered to vote"
When Bill was in office that was true but no longer.
With todays voter registration laws in California the democrats can download a registration, go to any post office, firestation, or dmv and get one have the illegal sign it with an address where mail can be received and mail it.
They can even take the voter pamphlet, mail in the request for an absentee ballot with the illegals signature, vote it and return it by mail and no one ever knows if they even exist or not.
The good news on reapportionment. When the next one rolls around, my state of MA will probably lose two seats. Now that's progress!
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