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States seek right to ask new voters for proof of citizenship
Washington Times ^
| 1/19/2014
| Stephen Dinan
Posted on 01/19/2014 6:17:45 PM PST by markomalley
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To: DeWalt; clamper1797; VerySadAmerican
At the constitutional convention, the delegates went round and round over the House of Reps elector qualifications. Some states had minimum land or wealth requirements, while a couple had near universal white male suffrage.
Anyway, the various state standards were too varied to reconcile into a single, nationwide standard. That's why Article I § 2 was written as: The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the People of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.
Outside of gender and race amendments to the constitution, I don't understand where the uniparty in DC has any legitimate power at all to determine voter qualifications.
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posted on
01/20/2014 1:29:28 AM PST
by
Jacquerie
(Article V.)
To: markomalley
The EAC said states can check drivers license databases or ask federal immigration authorities for information, but they cannot tell the federal government what to include on federal forms. Part of the problem is that the States have become bigger versions of welfare babies and think they have to ask permission to exercise their Constitutional rights/responsibilities. If they can't get the Feds to put something on a form, they should add their own form and force the Feds to take action - not courts-orders, actual action...
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posted on
01/20/2014 3:55:32 AM PST
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: trebb
I thought the “SC” already made it clear that states could NOT require proof of citizenship to vote.
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posted on
01/20/2014 5:43:21 AM PST
by
DaveA37
To: markomalley
Yeah, but get a concealed Handgun License to exercise your Second Amendment rights and the state
still makes you give fingerprints, get intensive criminal and mental health background checks, requires you take special classes, charges you $120 for the paperwork, restricts how and where you can carry, demands you produce the permit if stopped by a police officer, and you are still at risk for felony prosecution in certain other states if you carry there.
Am I missing something here on our "civil rights" lesson...?
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posted on
01/20/2014 7:10:26 AM PST
by
Gritty
(Liberals think living your life free of welfare, EBT, and government nannies is "cheating"-J Hawkins)
To: Grams A
Thanks for the word on Hotze the Nazi.
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posted on
01/20/2014 10:18:11 AM PST
by
jimt
(Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
To: jimt
You’re welcome. If you hear anything one way or another on Patrick or Staples, please share. TNX and have a great week.
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posted on
01/20/2014 11:07:27 AM PST
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: markomalley
go to the courts for permission
Permission? since when do states have to get permission from a court?
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posted on
01/24/2014 3:50:30 AM PST
by
rfreedom4u
(Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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