POLS FEAR VOTING FRAUD IN SPITZER’S LICENSE PLAN
By KENNETH LOVETT, Post Correspondent
October 22, 2007 — ALBANY - State election officials are worried that Gov. Spitzer’s plan to allow illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses will make it difficult for them to catch people voting illegally.
“There has been concern,” state Board of Elections spokesman Lee Daghlian told The Post.
While it is up to the local boards of election to determine who is eligible to vote, it is rare that election officials check into a person’s legal status, particularly if they have identifying information on their voter-registration form like a driver’s license or the last four digits of a Social Security number, Daghlian said.
In order to register, a person must sign an affidavit stating that they are an American citizen.
“You assume that people don’t lie, and that’s what the form says,” Daghlian said. “It’s an affidavit you sign under penalty of perjury.”
But Daghlian concedes, “Nobody checks it” to determine its validity.
At the polls, voters are asked to show some form of photo ID, like a driver’s license, to prove their identity, Daghlian said.
“I suppose it would be [tough to catch] if someone wanted to take advantage of the system and try to get a number of people registered who aren’t citizens and went ahead and got them driver’s licenses,” he said.
Spitzer last month announced that beginning in December, the state will allow illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses by no longer requiring that applicants provide Social Security numbers or letters that a person is not eligible for such a number.
Yep..let’s don’t get involved..it’s a State’s right issue.
fear? only if they are Republican. Dems welcome the newest additions to their dependency class constituency.
It would be easy to use a certain subscript on the driver's license of a non-citizen, require ID to vote and not have any non-citizens vote. I won't hold my breath.
And I assume that felons not eligible to vote; criminal, illegal aliens; and any others (e.g. already registered elsewhere) disqualified, have no more compunction against lying, than they do about breaking any other laws.
If no one checks, then there is no reason to fear that 'under penalty of perjury' boiler plate.
Checking keeps dishonest people honest...or else.
Oh, before I forget:
Would Daghlian take the same attitude about carding for tobacco (18) or alcohol (21) sales, since there is a sign posted stating that it is against the law to attempt to purchase underage; and that the establishment won't sell to underage buyes? That if they SAY they are of age, they must be, because "you assume people don't lie"?
1.Spitzer attempts to bypass NY State legislature despite NYC being Target One by those who use our lax/bipolar policy against us.
2.Hillary Clinton needs the votes of illegal aliens who’d be processed under the motor/voter act ushered in by her husband.
3.Despite these actions and bad precedents the supposedly Republican Administration is backing a Democrat’s move to practically insure that the Republicans will be forever disenfranchised in a critical state.
Add to that this Administration’s foot-dragging on Southern border security when terrorists are definitely getting in via that route...let the prosecutions begin! I’ve been calling for a revival of a new Anti-American Activities Committee. So many traitors - so little time left to get a handle on them.