Because it seems that even our enemies have a say in our elections.
8 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were registered to vote
Let that sink in for a moment. The very people who wish to destroy our country and way of life are allowed to vote for people who they think will do the worst possible job.
The background here is the National Voter Registration Act, commonly known as "Motor Voter," that President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1993. It required all states to offer voter registration to anyone getting a driver’s license. One simply fills out a form and checks a box stating he is a citizen; he is then registered and in most states does not have to show any ID to vote. But no one checks if the person registering to vote is indeed a citizen. That greatly concerns New York election officials, who processed 245,000 voter registrations at DMV offices last year. "It would be [tough to catch] if someone wanted to . . . get a number of people registered who aren’t citizens and went ahead and got them drivers’ licenses," says Lee Daghlian, spokesman for New York’s Board of Elections. Assemblywoman Ginny Fields, a Long Island Democrat, warns that the state’s "Board of Elections has no voter police" and that the state probably has upwards of 500,000 illegal immigrants old enough to drive.
The background here is the National Voter Registration Act, commonly known as "Motor Voter," that President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1993. It required all states to offer voter registration to anyone getting a driver’s license. One simply fills out a form and checks a box stating he is a citizen; he is then registered and in most states does not have to show any ID to vote.
But no one checks if the person registering to vote is indeed a citizen. That greatly concerns New York election officials, who processed 245,000 voter registrations at DMV offices last year. "It would be [tough to catch] if someone wanted to . . . get a number of people registered who aren’t citizens and went ahead and got them drivers’ licenses," says Lee Daghlian, spokesman for New York’s Board of Elections. Assemblywoman Ginny Fields, a Long Island Democrat, warns that the state’s "Board of Elections has no voter police" and that the state probably has upwards of 500,000 illegal immigrants old enough to drive.
Now, riddle me this. If it is not an unreasonable restriction of our rights to submit to a background check (at least according to the Brady Bunch) in order to purchase a firearm, why shouldn't we run the same, aggressive regimen when it comes to voters?
The Brady's assure us that the only reason why they want these checks is to ensure the "wrong people" don't get guns. In a way, I agree with them. There are plenty of people I don't want to have easier access to firearms (they'll get them anyway, hence we can't stop them). Wouldn't a background check stop terrorists and illegals from voting in our elections?
Why should we allow people who's interests lie in destroying our way of life have a say in the way we run things? Outside of keeping Democrats in office*?
*Snark.