Posted on 04/07/2009 1:42:18 PM PDT by KarenMarie
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate chairman on Tuesday urged Attorney General Eric Holder to sue any states that aren't helping needy citizens to register to vote.
Federal laws call for state agencies to try to register people to vote when they are distributing aid, such as food stamps and unemployment benefits.
"With the new leadership at the Justice Department, we hope states will be made to meet their obligations," Senate Rules Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement. "If that means taking certain states to court, so be it."
It's not clear which states, if any, are failing to comply.
A senior Justice Department official last year acknowledged that the agency was surveying as many as 18 states on compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The official refused to say which states or why they were chosen.
A spokesman said the Justice Department would renew enforcement of the act, also called the motor voter law.
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*I apologize in advance if this is a repost. I searched for the thread title, the motor voter law and Schumer
Please explain why it is not an individual’s own responsibility to register to vote. Never mind, I already know.
Minnesota’s Shame: The wholesale disenfranchisement of absentee military voters.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224005/posts
Stand up, Chuck.
Yeah, but you better not make sure they’re actually ALLOWED to vote, right Chuckie!
I bet they don’t enforce the law against illegals voting
By the mere fact these people are receiving aid from the state, renders their vote a conflict of interest. they would most likely vote liberal and continue on the governments tit.
Can you imagine if they tried to register a segment of the population that generally votes conservative?
Just a reminder, there is no ID required here in California. Our Illegals helped elect Obama.
What gets me is that the DEMS scream from the rafters at the very thought of proof of identity at the voting booth because, they say, it targets certain people. How in the world does this ‘motor voter’ law not target certain people??
oh, that’s right... as long as it does so IN THEIR FAVOR... it is ok!
Bastages!!!
Lib-speak: Now that we control the government, I expect you and your Justice Department to put the fear of [insert deity name] into any state or local government that does not toe the line in making sure that all liberal voters are accommodated in every possible respect. Likewise, any non-citizen voting should be encouraged unless it becomes too well known to be covered-up by our compliant media facillitators.
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