Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: CharlesWayneCT
And the constitution clearly gives congress the right to regulate federal elections, which includes deciding HOW people get registered to vote, if congress so chooses, which they did.

After reading through several analyses of this decision, it is not nearly as bad as most are portraying it. As several have pointed out, this affects only registration, not requiring ID for voting. And this only impacts registration to vote for federal offices. States are still free to require proof of citizenship to register to vote for state offices, though that would require maintaining a separate registration form and a way to identify those who were registered to vote in Federal elections only, and those who were eligible to vote in state and local elections.

Scalia also laid out a road map for Arizona on how to correct the problem. Basically, Arizona needs to ask the board that controls the makeup of the registration form to include language indicating that Arizona residents need to include proof of citizenship with the registration form. If they refuse, Arizona can sue the board on several grounds (laid out neatly by Scalia), including on the grounds that the board has already granted similar requests to other states.

41 posted on 06/17/2013 2:21:43 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies ]


To: CA Conservative

Meanwhile foreigners register to vote and consequently do vote.

What ID do you think will be presented when voting? A driver license? Is there any bar to foreigners voting?

A vote cast can not be undone.

A country can not long survive if foreigners are given control of its government, in fact in such a case it is already dead. This ruling gives foreigners undue control of our government, it strikes at the very heart of our republic.

It is sensible and reasonable to never allow foreigners into the system in the first place, and foolish to do otherwise.

As for Scalia’s roadmap I suggest you read Thomas’ dissent.


44 posted on 06/17/2013 4:02:21 PM PDT by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies ]

To: CA Conservative

Read the dissents. The “way out” that Scalia described is a fiction and will not be able available to Arizona. Scalia has contracted the mad cow disease that infected Roberts. 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices have just declared that US citizenship is meaningless. The barbarians are well past the gates and the elites are intent on giving them the keys to the city.


47 posted on 06/17/2013 6:41:19 PM PDT by littleharbour ("All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ~ James Madison)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson