Tancredo Introduces Bill to Halt Illegal Alien Voting

Rep. Tom Tancredo's Official House of Representatives Website ^ | 26 July 2006 | Rep. Tom Tancredo

[Crolis]

Now if we can only get to the point were the voter registration lists are totally PURGED on Jan 1st following a Federal election. This would require voters to re-register every 2 years and provide ID when they do so.

Having worked at a polling place as a Chief of Precinct, I've though for a while that this idea is a fantastic way to reduce fraud in our electoral system.

The government doesn't have a problem telling people they need to take time out of their day to get their car inspected, or show up at the Department of Motor Vehicles to take care of a new car purchase. In fact, the government doesn't hesitate a bit to require us to use our time to comply with their regulations.

For a civic action like voting, something which should be cherished and held to a high standard, the least we should ask is that the voter travel to the voter registration office and fill out the paperwork once every two years.

Those mandatory purges would be a great way to fix the problems with stale records that don't get removed when people move or change their name, or die. With modern technology, it could be done very efficiently.

One thing that needs to be ended quickly is the motor voter laws that allow people to register while they get motor vehicle services. In my state (Virginia), there are many instances where that paperwork isn't forwarded to the county election board and it no doubt leaves another avenue for fraud open.

When I first registered, I made the effort to go to my local voter registration office in my county, filled out my paperwork and got on the voter rolls. As a matter of civic duty, I would have no problem with having to do that every 2 years, or every year for that matter. For those who don't bother, well, I don't think I want them voting anyway.

[taxcontrol]

I agree 100% with your statements. The MOST I would like to see in "motor voter" is to provide the information on how to go about getting registered, what precinct you are in, where the major party HQ's are, etc.

It is even quite possible with modern technology to make web renewal or even registration possible but very unlikely that those who do not understand encryption and cryptography to trust. I therefore think that a web based registration is far off.