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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Politics You’re No Longer a Citizen

Posted by JOSH FEIT on February 22 at 12:17 PM

So, you show up at your job and you’re told to clear out your desk and then reapply for your job.
That is basically the crux of an initiative that the conservative Evergreen Freedom Foundation unveiled today.

Here’s how the AP described the initiative

The initiative would make all voter registrations inactive until people proved their citizenship and reregistered. Voters who show up at the polls and find they are inactive can vote by provisional ballot until their registration is verified, he said.

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whoa.

Posted by jerod | February 22, 2006 12:29 PM

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i think they did a study and found that the incidence of people purposefully illegally voting (voter fraud) was 1/45,000. Why do conservatives believe this is a problem?

Posted by Ari | February 22, 2006 12:39 PM

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Seems to me there's no way this could pass a Constitutional challenge, since basically it calls for (temporarily, presumably) disenfranchising every single eligible voter in the state.

Posted by COMTE | February 22, 2006 12:55 PM

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So, you show up at your job and you’re told to clear out your desk and then reapply for your job.


That seems right in line with the New New Economy to me.

Posted by K | February 22, 2006 1:49 PM

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How can they possibly think this is legal? Do they have no understanding of the Constitution whatsoever? Are they completely retarded?

Posted by SDA in SEA | February 22, 2006 4:50 PM

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yes, SDA. I think so.

Posted by Sha | February 23, 2006 9:10 PM

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