It appears that Del. Neal Parrott and company are going to succeed in forcing the MD DREAM Act to referendum. Good for them. Good for Maryland.
Needless to say, when dealing with the left the battle isn’t over until you have obeyed the law AND fought a series of court challenges. The whiny left is already planning their judicial attack:
A Maryland chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is questioning the legality of an online petition seeking a statewide referendum on in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants.
The ACLU of Maryland said Friday it has asked the Board of Elections to scrutinize the signature-collection process for vulnerability to fraud.
The group says the website MDPetitions.com enables a user who knows someone's name, zip code and birthdate to submit a signature on that person's behalf without their knowledge. (emphasis mine)
The elections board says it is consulting with the state Attorney General's Office. The board has already validated more than 41,000 of the 56,000 signatures opponents of the new law must submit by June 30 to get it on the ballot next year.
The petition drive's leader says the process is sound.
Note that the Maryland ACLU is using the same argument that they scoff at when we ask that voters be required to show a photo ID at the polls. How DO you spell chutzpah?
3 comments:
What's the difference in an online petition and a paper petition? If I sign a paper petition I can still use the name, zip code and birth date of another person. Have you ever signed a petition where you were asked for identification? The ACLU is screwy, as always.
Who funds the ACLU? If it is government funding, how much? We need to cut them off. We do that at election time.
I signed the online petition. Basically, you go online, and download and print out the petition, along with the entire text of the law in question.
You can also have your neighbors and friends sign the petition, if you add in their name(s) and zip codes.
You have to ensure that all the other persons who signed it also dated their signatures.
You have to sign a separate line as the circulator/petitioner, and show a later date than any of the other signatures, or else your petition can get thrown out.
Finally, you have MAIL IN THE PAPER PETITION for it to be validated.
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