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As a public school educator who was once declared principal of the year, Liza Burrell-Aldana talks to young people about their responsibility to this country. So it shook her Thursday evening, she said, when a poll worker at an early voting site in Fairfax County, Virginia looked at her driver’s license and asked her, twice: “Are you a citizen?” She said she was. The worker then asked whether Burrell-Aldana had proof of citizenship in her purse, she recalled. “Who asks that question? I was like, ‘Why would I carry that with me?’” Burrell-Aldana said. Burrell-Aldana, who immigrated from Colombia in...

In a major victory for election integrity efforts, the Supreme Court of the United States approved key portions of an Arizona law that requires proof of citizenship in order to cast a vote in the upcoming election. As reported by Breitbart, the law in question had been passed in 2022, while Republicans still had control of the state legislature and the governorship. Passed in response to widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, the law also requires newly-registered voters to provide proof of their address. The law faced pushback from Democrats and other far-left activists, who repeatedly sued to have...

On August 1, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit overturned a prior decision that required proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. This ruling, which was decided in a narrow 2-1 vote, now allows individuals to register to vote using a state form, without having to provide citizenship documentation for federal positions such as President and Congress. The law, enacted by Arizona's Republican-led Legislature in 2022, was designed to prevent non-citizens from voting by mandating proof of citizenship if registering to vote with the state. The initial emergency stay, issued on July 18 by a different Ninth Circuit...

House Democrats have been called “traitors” as they prepare to wage war against Republicans over a bill requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in a federal election. The House Democratic leadership is urging its members to vote against the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act on the House floor, according to Axios. Billionaire Elon Musk savaged those opposing the bill in a Friday post on his X social media platform. “Those who oppose this are traitors. All Caps: TRAITORS What is the penalty for traitors again?” he said. Those who oppose this are traitors. All Caps: TRAITORS What is the...

Bill introduced to the Missouri House on January 24, 2011 dealing with the issue of Proof of United States Citizenship. Summary of the Introduced Bill HB 283 -- Declarations of Candidacy Sponsor: Rowland This bill requires each established political party to provide the Missouri Secretary of State with proof of the identity and proof of United States citizenship for each nominee for President and Vice President of the United States. The proof must be submitted with the other certification documents that are required to be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to Chapter 115, RSMo. Missouri House of Representatives...

Is Barack Obama a natural born citizen of the United States? Probably. But because Obama is going to great lengths to conceal the documents that would settle this issue definitively, it is impossible to say for sure. Since October 2008, Obama has spent in excess of $1.35 million in legal fees to file protective and privacy motions in at least eight federal lawsuits to avoid releasing his birth documents — his mother’s hospital admission record, his Hawaii certificate of live birth, his educational records during his four years of residence in Indonesia, his Indonesian citizen status at that time and...

A federal appeals court blocked an Arizona state law requiring voters to present identification at polling stations and proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an emergency motion by opponents of the law for an injunction to prevent the law's voter identification requirements from taking effect for the November 7 elections. Opponents of the Arizona law said it discriminated against minorities and the poor, who might not have funds to obtain the necessary proof of identification. “The law sets a burdensome requirement,” Victor Meiser, attorney for the plaintiffs. “To get a driver’s...

I was just on the phone talking to my mom, she was telling me about getting the forms filled out for a passport.One of the things asked for was proof of Canadian citizenship The only proof she has is her birth certificate. She doesn't even know if her parents were citizens. Both my grandparents were born in Minnesota and migrated to what is now known as Saskatchewan in the early 1900's. My grandfather came to Canada in 1903. My grandmother earlier. They were married in 1911. Mom is sure her mother was a Canadian citizen by 1911, but we are...

Organizers of statewide petition visit Yuma today Jul 18, 2003 The steps of the Yuma County Recorder's Office will be the scene of a press conference today where local and state organizers of an initiative requiring proof of citizenship before voting or obtaining public services will ask Yumans for support. Kathy McKee, chairwoman of Protect Arizona Now, said the initiative — named the "Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act" — is meant to give teeth to laws already on the books, such as the one saying only citizens can vote. McKee said her organization is tired of election officials refusing...