Check out this editorial in The Washington Times. The Democrats want to push universal voter registration legislation through Congress. Their proposal is to automatically register every person on every government list, whether they want to be registered or not. This really scares me. Nothing is more important in a democracy than the integrity of the election process. As The Times points out, this legislation opens the door for convicted felons and illegal aliens to vote and is certain to increase voter fraud by making it easier for individuals to be registered multiple times.
Protecting the integrity of our elections is not that hard, and my guess is that large majorities of Americans agree on how that can be done:
1.) Voting is a privilege reserved only for American citizens, not a right guaranteed to non-resident and illegal aliens.
2.) Convicted felons should not be allowed to vote, especially felons currently serving time in jail.
3.) No one should be registered to vote automatically based on some list. This opens the door to fraud. If someone doesn't care enough about our political process to bother to register on their own initiative, they shouldn't be able to vote.
4.) No one should be able to register on Election Day or to vote in locations other than the one in which they live. Such voter "flexibility" laws make voter fraud much easier.
5.) Photo ID should be required to vote at a polling station. Again, it's the surest way to prevent fraud. This is not an unreasonable requirement. Photo ID is required for simple bank transactions; why shouldn't it be required for voting?
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Crooks serve in Congress. Why shouldn't they get to vote also?
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