Posted on 11/05/2014 9:21:19 AM PST by dennisw
On Tuesday, Oregon voters rejected an initiative (Measure 88) to give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants even after the proponents for the licenses outspent opponents by more than ten to one.
The vote was not even close, as Oregon news outlets called the race right after polls closed.
With 80% of the votes in, nearly 70% (66.7%) of Oregon voters rejected the measure, while 32.5% approved. Last month, 61% of likely voters in Oregon said they were opposed to the measure, with 53% of those voters saying they were certain to vote against it.
According to KGW, the driver’s license would allow illegal immigrants to “drive in the state for four years.” Illegal immigrants who had “lived in the state for at least a year” would have been eligible.
After Oregon Governor John Kitzahber (D) signed the law that approved driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in 2013, the Protect Oregon Driver Licenses group formed and gathered the required number of signatures to refer the issue to the ballot.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Another thing I despise about Martin O Malley (here in Maryland) , drivers licenses for illegals.
Ironically Federal anti-terrorist law passed under GWB forces states like Maryland and CA to mark illegals drivers licenses with ‘Not to be used as a valid Federal government ID’ on them.
So the states know who they are and where they live,
The MSM does their ‘pretend public opinion’ BS and then when that same ‘public’ is actually in a position to demonstrate what they think, the MSM and their Liberal puppet masters are exposed.
It's pretty obvious what has happened. It is the same all across America right now, since Conservative sentiment has exposed the ‘perceived’ acceptance of “O” and HIS BS! There is MORE than a slight wheel-wobble in the MSM representation of support for “O” and the reality of what Americans everywhere REALLY think!
” , drivers licenses for illegals.”
Lic. to VOTE
You may be confusing “Oregon” with “Multnomah County”
This is a good look at Liberal cities vs Everyone Else
(Think Portland, Salem, Corvalis)
http://gov.oregonlive.com/election/2014/general/maps/
See how that works out.
Well, if it works anything like California, the public’s decision will be appealed to the State Supreme court, shot down, and then wind up rounding the drain of the Ninth Circuit Court, by which time every illegal up there will have a driver’s license and top level government clearance.
Oui...
States need to pass constitutional amendments specify that whenever a state judge or panel of judges overturn a voter approved initiative, then the legislature shall hold impeachment hearings to decide if the judge should be removed from office.
Do any states currently actually allow illegals to get DLs?
Certainly, US citizen criminals could take advantage of these laws by creating multiple new identities and apply for welfare benefits or simply elude the law.
If this administration got full out totalitarian, a lot of the good people will need to get fake IDs for self preservation.
Exactly. Who cares what the ignorant peons think?
Unelected judges know what is best for us.
Exactly. It just doesn't matter what Americans want. Illegals will be pushed on us.
Blacks DO NOT like, as a rule, illegal aliens, especially those from South of the Border. So this represents an opportunity for other states to do like Oregon and put out ballot measures like this to repudiate the de facto amnesty of illegal aliens.
“One judge will flush the will of the people in a pen stroke.”
True, and in the past nobody challenged it. But my understanding from hearing Mark Levin is that the legislature really does have the final say. They just need the knowledge of the Constitution and some guts.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Meanwhile in California...
Ole!
Do the research.
Actually Marion County (Salem) went Republican this year.
Why is that unfortunate?
Do the research.
I have - it doesn't support your claim.
SALEM is NOT liberal.....Eugene is....
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