[Jubal Harshaw]

On what grounds would the federal DOJ get involved in this issue? Federal law explicitly allows aliens to vote in state and local elections if so authorized by state or local governments. The text of the law reads:

§611. Voting by aliens
(a) It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, unless-
(1) the election is held partly for some other purpose;
(2) aliens are authorized to vote for such other purpose under a State constitution or statute or a local ordinance; and
(3) voting for such other purpose is conducted independently of voting for a candidate for such Federal offices, in such a manner that an alien has the opportunity to vote for such other purpose, but not an opportunity to vote for a candidate for any one or more of such Federal offices.

(b) Any person who violates this section shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an alien if-
(1) each natural parent of the alien (or, in the case of an adopted alien, each adoptive parent of the alien) is or was a citizen (whether by birth or naturalization);
(2) the alien permanently resided in the United States prior to attaining the age of 16; and
(3) the alien reasonably believed at the time of voting in violation of such subsection that he or she was a citizen of the United States.

and the relevant statute is here:

http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:18%20section:611%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section611)&f=treesort&edition=prelim&num=0&jumpTo=true

[TChris]

On what grounds would the federal DOJ get involved in this issue?

OK, I was wrong on that part. But it sure seems to be a camel getting his nose into the tent, doesn't it?

[Olog-hai]

Does not mention illegal aliens under that statute.

[dodger]

§611 ...

WRONG.

This does not ‘explicitly allow aliens to vote in state or local elections’. It is silent on such considerations.

[aquila48]

Does that statute define “alien”?

Is somebody here illegally an alien?

[eartick]

Says nothing about "illegal" just alien and there is a big difference.

We have aliens here on visas that can vote but ILLEGAL invaders aliens should be strung up by their gonads and then drug to the border by them. NO VOTING RIGHTS.

[Zman]

So does this mean that if the state’s votes, including illegal voters’ ballots marked for federal offices, can be rejected by the feds?