Posted on 10/17/2006 10:35:58 PM PDT by lonewacko_dot_com
Rolling my eyes with you too!
Voting
One of the most important privileges of democracy in the United States of America is the right to participate in choosing elected officials through voting. As a Permanent Resident you can only vote in local and state elections that do not require you to be a US citizen. It is very important that you do not vote in national, state or local elections that require a voter to be a US citizen when you are not a US citizen. There are criminal penalties for voting when you are not a US citizen and it is a requirement for voting. You can be removed (deported) from the US if you vote in elections limited to US citizens.
I've been very involved in politics locally both before I took the Oath of Citizenship and still am.
Arnold did what he had to do politically, although it remains to be seen if this is a 'hate crime'. I have not seen the full text of the original letter.
The SAME accusation was made in florida!
It is a FELONY for an illegal alien to vote in the USA.
A FELONY will preclude citizenship applications, green cards etc.
While it may help the democrats, it destroys the life of the useful idiot illegal who votes.
ONLY CITIZENS MAY VOTE IN ELECTIONS.
Where is the Ad Counsel PSA for that?
I'll be protest-voting for Art Olivier. As a search at my site will reveal, I've been an Arnold supporter for a few years, but his "moderate" moves on illegal immigration together with collaborating with reconquistas like Fabian Nunez go too far.
The letter is here:
maldef.org/pdf/AlbertoGonzales10172006.pdf
Arnold definitely did what he had to do... in part. What he should have also done is leave open the possibility that this was a smear. He should have said that we don't have all the facts yet.
Instead, what he did is act just like Loretta Sanchez et al would like him to act.
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