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Liberals are always screaming about preventing
vote fraud -- but we're betting they're not willing to
put their money where their mouth is on this bill.
Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) recently introduced legislation
to curb voting fraud by requiring voters to provide
current and official photo identification when voting
in federal elections. In addition, his legislation
would require states to verify that potential voters
are U.S. citizens before adding people to their voter
rolls in order to prevent federal elections from being
manipulated by illegal voters.
Specifically, the Federal Election Integrity Act of
2004 (HR 4530) would amend the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 (also known as the Motor Voter bill) to
require any individual who desires to register or re-
register to vote in an election for federal office to
provide the appropriate state election official with
proof that the individual is a citizen of the United
States to prevent fraud in federal elections. Official
proof will include a U.S. birth certificate,
naturalization card or U.S. passport. The legislation
would affect the fall 2004 federal elections.
Remarking about the bill, Hyde said: "The U.S.
Constitution clearly states that only U.S. citizens
may vote in federal elections. My bill would amend
the 1993 Motor Voter bill to require states to demand
proof of citizenship when a person applies for voter
registration, even if they have previously been on the
voter rolls at another location. There will be no
exceptions. My bill also would require photo I.D. to
be presented when registering to vote or voting at the
polls."
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The above bill (HR 4530) will be strongly opposed by Democrats(liberals). We all know the usual excuses they will make, such as discrimination, intimidation, etc.. Voting is one of our most precious rights, so lets make each vote be legal and mean something.
I would say voting is more important than getting on an airplane and you have to show a picture ID to board a plane. To cash a check, an ID is required. With the technology we now have "dead people", illegals and people voting more than once, should not happen. We know about the allegations in 1960 that JFK-Johnson won in Illinois with a "little" help from the Daley political machine in Chicago. In the same election it was said that a precinct in Texas had 300 more votes cast than they had people registered. The stories go on and on. Lets make each vote count and be legal.
Sounds like five other states could potentially have the same problem.
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