PHOENIX -- Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today blasted the Obama Administration for filing a late amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that would push for the ability for illegal immigrants to vote.
In the Gonzalez v State case, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled that Arizona could not require persons registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship. The Ninth Circuit has granted en banc review and Attorney General Horne will personally be arguing the case before an eleven-judge panel on June 21, 2011. Late Friday afternoon, the Obama Administration filed a late, eleventh-hour amicus brief arguing that Arizona should not be able to request information to check if applicants wanting to vote are citizens.
Horne stated: "First, the Obama Administration fails to do its job on the border. Then it sues Arizona to prevent us from helping to fight illegal immigration. Then it tries to create a false sense of complacency by arguing that the border is safe, when it isn't. Now it argues that persons should be able to register to vote without providing adequate information enabling verification of citizenship, thus enabling illegal aliens to register to vote. This is contrary to the interests of the people of the United State of America."
In the Gonzalez v State case, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled that Arizona could not require persons registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship. The Ninth Circuit has granted en banc review and Attorney General Horne will personally be arguing the case before an eleven-judge panel on June 21, 2011. Late Friday afternoon, the Obama Administration filed a late, eleventh-hour amicus brief arguing that Arizona should not be able to request information to check if applicants wanting to vote are citizens.
Horne stated: "First, the Obama Administration fails to do its job on the border. Then it sues Arizona to prevent us from helping to fight illegal immigration. Then it tries to create a false sense of complacency by arguing that the border is safe, when it isn't. Now it argues that persons should be able to register to vote without providing adequate information enabling verification of citizenship, thus enabling illegal aliens to register to vote. This is contrary to the interests of the people of the United State of America."
This headline is deliberately misleading. No one on the Obama administration is advocating non-citizens vote.
ReplyDeleteChecking citizenship to vote is the answer. Voting is a right...no impediments should be put in place to restrict that right...including the govt demand to see your "papers!"
Fighting a requirement to show proof of citizenship (similar to ID requirments) is a far cry from fighting to get illegals to vote. If your case was so strong, you could argue it solely on the merits.
ReplyDelete12:56 Our country has been invaded by an enemy that can't be detected by look so we must check for citizenship to avoid corruption in the voting booths. Wake up and protect our country from the invasion.
ReplyDeletewait a minute, I have to show ID to buy a pack of cigs, but "shouldn't be forced to" when voting in an election? America's priorities are @ssbackwards. The administration backing this fight is saying "We endorse voting fraud". Plain and simple.
ReplyDelete2:53, please show some hard data on the amount of illegals or any other ineligible voters who voted (and were counted) in any of the recent national elections.
ReplyDeleteObama needs to be imprisoned.
ReplyDeleteObama is illegal folks!!!!
ReplyDeleteHe swore in on the Koran.
You have to vote him out in 2012 and
than we can lock him in jail for Treason, and any of his buddies too.