Posted on 07/27/2006 9:06:57 AM PDT by Spiff
Press Releases :: July 26, 2006
Will Adams, 202.226.6997
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO), Chairman of the 104-Member House Immigration Reform Caucus, introduced a bill that would penalize states which refuse to require proof of U.S. citizenship for voting. Under the Voter Integrity Protection Act (VIP Act), states would need to see a valid photo ID proving U.S. Citizenship for voting or those states would have their federal highway funding cut by as much as 40 percent.
In some parts of our country, all residents are granted a de facto right to vote, regardless of whether or not they are citizens. Such widespread voter fraud blurs the line between residency and citizenship and it reinforces the message that you dont need to be an American to have every right and privilege of American citizenship. If even non-citizens can vote, what value does American citizenship have anymore? said Tancredo. Illegal votes undermine our democracy. The VIP Act would help preserve the integrity of our democratic system, which is one of the most important responsibilities we have in Congress.
Only U.S. citizens are legally qualified to vote. But that hasnt stopped what is believed to be a widespread practice of voter fraud. Most recently in the 50th Congressional District in California, Democrat Francine Busby told a largely Hispanic audience a few days before the election, You don't need papers for voting. Rep. Brian Bilbray ending up winning the election by 7,000 votes, but at the time of the statement polls showed that the race was a dead heat.
Illegal votes may have made the difference in at least one Congressional election. In 1996, Rep. Bob Dornan lost his Orange County, California seat to Loretta Sanchez by fewer than 1,000 votes. State elections officials found that at least 300 votes in that election were cast illegally by non-citizens.
In many states today, you can register to vote without ever being required to show that you are a citizen. Motor-voter registration and a rise in absentee ballots have only exacerbated voter fraud. If certain states are really so committed to protecting illegal aliens who vote, let them put their money where their mouth is and take a hard hit in federal funding, said Tancredo.
The VIP Act stipulates that state and local election officials may not provide a ballot for an election for federal office (including a provisional ballot) to any individual unless the person presents a photographic copy of a document whether voting in person or by mail providing proof that the person is a U.S. citizen. A motor vehicle drivers license will not be considered as a document which provides proof of citizenship unless the state issuing the license requires proof of citizenship as a condition of receiving the license.
Beginning in 2008, states which do not comply with the VIP Act would sacrifice 10 percent of their federal highway funding, and they would see an additional 10 percent cut in funding each year for an additional three years, or until they have come into compliance with the Act. If the states comply with the Act during the first four years, they will receive their entire lost federal highway funding in future appropriations.
The bill also provides funding to make free photo identifications available in order to avoid any challenges based on the 24th Amendments prohibition of poll taxes.
Again, the fraudulently used document.
Any document can be fake. Including a passport. Its a good start.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's the MAN!!!!!
THIS should flush out the birds from the bushes!!!!!
I should have known it was not an original idea.
In addition, the side effect of driving the open borders/amnesty crowd of liberals and libertarians totally bonkers, delights me to no end.
Voter ID card with fingerprint based on ss number?
Very unreasonable to have to show ID to vote. /sarcasm
This bill is essential.
YES.
Also, as to how you "prove" citizenship, other than a passport -- a certificate of birth in the US, if genuine, proves citizenship, but only under an interpretation of the Fourteenth samendment that some reject. Otherwise, you've got to get into your ancestry. For example, Geroge Romney, who ran for the GOP nomination in 1968 and was Gov. of Michigan, was born in Mexico, of American parents fleeing persecution of polygamists -- so even if he had a birth certificate, it would have shown Mexico, although his american parentage would make him a citizen by a statute that I don't think anyone challenges.
If you are in that type of position, you have to have a long and interesting conversation with the State Dept. to get a passport.
What a master of diplomacy. Sanchez was elected by illegals, dead illegals, imaginary illegals who lived in imaginary houses, illegals with multiple addresses and names, not to mention registering felons while they were in prison. Sanchez and her DNC team pulled every scam in the Vote Fraud book on poor old B-1 Bob. At the time I thought it may have been payback for the old geezer, because he had his head in ano on the illegal alien subject for years ... until he lost his job! Then, he could get no one, not even in the GOP, to listen to him!
May? At Least? HA HA! That's rich. If they had photo ID voter cards and proof of citizenship requirements in California, the voter rolls would be cut by 600,000, and it would turn into a Republican State.
Hello? Kerry took at least 5 states by fraud. Maybe W will mention it in his third term? Or Karl Rove, the boy genius who can turn Republican sure-thing landslides into scarily close contests at great expense.
Orin Hatch is about as much of a gutless panderer as they come. I remember him speaking during the Clinton impeachment... All show and no go.
Not to just be ornery but IMO Congressmen Sensenbrenner and Tancredo are the only two good guys in the entire Congress. The rest just hide under their wings hoping that they won't be harmed by the voters.
I have been watching the criminal illegals rip America apart and only two men have come to her aid. They are the I see as being men worthy of our respect and financial contributions.
I would vote for either one of them or both should they decide to run for President and VP.
While I'm at it let me give a cheer for Senator Inhofe, another true patriot, IMO. He is the man who stands strong against the communist run United Nations, 100% of the time!
It is damn sad that only 3 men out of 537 in DC come to my mind as true American patriots.
Having been an employer, I think, without the hard evidence to back it up, that you're assertion may be wrong. IMHO, the SS card would be the most fraudulently used document in my experience.
"more republicans in office"
Big deal. They have had the majority for years now and America is still going downhill. It is long past time to bring in and build a strong 3rd party that loves America.
Your skepticism eminently qualifies you for a post on the RNC. Just as a heads up, the Mayor of Detroit admitted to 150,000 phony registrations in his fair city alone.
If there are not at least 500,000 falsely registered illegal aliens in California, I'll drive each one of the bastards back to his country of origin and buy him a drink on the way.
Also, if they all have fruadulent BC's, how are you going to tell who is illegal to ship them back to their countries of origin?
Doesn't seem that solution would work for the same reasons.
Nope, when the Real ID Act kicks in, a driver's liscense will have to meet a set of strict criteria in order to be accepted as valid ID for federal purposes. Sounds like bill could be one of them under this bill.
States that hand out DLS that don't meet the critieria would have to figure something else out. More incentive to comply.
Yeah, their pretty easy to spot aren't they.
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