Ev-er-y Frik-kin' Daaaaaaaay™DM
Teh Iron - it begins to feel like an anvil
The Ninth Circui
ts Court of Appeals has overturned Arizona’s requirement that people show proof of citizenship to register to vote.The split decision by a three-judge panel determined that the requirement to show proof of citizenship — passed by voters in 2004 — is not consistent with the National Voter Registration Act.*
Who *really* wrote that thing, anyway?
Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, temporarily sitting by designation, and Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta, with chief judge Alex Kozinski dissenting...
When Alex Kozinski thinks you’ve gone too far. . .
...said Prop. 200 creates an additional hurdle, while the national act is intended to reduce “state-imposed obstacles” to registration.
There ought to be hurdles to voting. It ought to be a considered responsibility, taken seriously, studied carefully. If you have to go to the same amount of trouble to vote as to buy a 40 ouncer at 7-11, that’s all right. I hardly consider whipping out your ID a significant “obstacle.” Particularly since you hold the fate of all your friends, all your neighbors, your country, your children and your grandchildren in your hand when you vote; as opposed to the fate of your next 15 minutes when ya buy a beer.
The majority noted that Congress was well aware of the problem of voter fraud when it passed the voter act, and built in sufficient protections, including applying perjury penalties to applicants who lie about their eligibilty.
Yeah. “Perjury penalties” mean a whoooole freakin’ lot to Doodad Pro and the 357th Juan Garcia to ‘register’ that day. “Perjury penalties” clearly scare the bejeepers out of 20-something ACORN workers filling out voter registration cards for a bounty apiece. Yep—those “Perjury penalties” keep those pesky ZombieCircleD’s from voting in those ChiTown elections for years—didn’t they?!?
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