March 21, 2005

Hillary Wants People to Vote Without Showing Proof of U.S. Citizenship

Hillary, Kerry, Boxer and Dean—what a litany of lunatics. They just introduced a bill with provisions that are as crazy as they are potentially harmful:

Senator Clinton… introduced — along with fellow Democratic senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer — legislation called the “Count Every Vote Act of 2005.” ...Although its stated purpose is to “count every vote,” its actual effect would be to make it impossible for polling-place officials to determine which votes should be counted and which should not.

... there is the provision requiring states to “accept and process a voter registration application for an election for federal office unless there is a material omission or information that specifically affects the eligibility of a voter.” The bill specifies that an applicant’s failure to provide a Social Security number, a driver’s-license number, or any proof of citizenship may not be considered a “material omission,” that is, may not be used to judge whether the applicant is eligible to vote. In fact, it is not clear what — other than, say, not knowing one’s own name — would constitute a “material omission” under the Clinton standard. In any event, a person who is not registered, who is not a citizen, and who has no identification would be able to show up at a polling place and register and vote.

And more:

Another feature liable to abuse is the provision requiring states to allow anyone to cast a provisional ballot anywhere in the state, regardless of where that person may — or may not — be registered to vote. That could allow someone who is not registered to cast provisional ballots at as many poll locations around the state as he could physically visit in a day…

Byron York discusses it:

Let’s say it’s Election Day 2008. You really, really, really want to vote for the Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), but you’re not registered to vote. You also don’t have a driver’s license or any sort of official photo identification that would tell the people down at the polling place who you are.

You don’t even have anything to show that you’re an American citizen.

But it’s Election Day, and you still want to vote for Clinton. What do you do?

Well, you go right down to that polling place, tell them you want to register, on the spot, and vote. And if anybody questions you, tell them you don’t need a prior registration, or a photo ID, proof of citizenship or anything else.
Clinton said so.

She really did — just a few weeks ago, in the form of her new bill, the Count Every Vote Act of 2005.

This is an extreme example of the leading Dems explicitly seeking to harm the nation in a quest for votes.

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