Thread: Large # of voter registration forms rejected by county (AZ)

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Large number of voter registration forms rejected by county
Associated Press
May. 6, 2005 07:30 AM

TUCSON - Pima County election officials have been forced to reject an unprecedented number of voter registration forms because of failure to provide proof of citizenship.

Registrar of Voters Chris Roads said that over the last two weeks, the county has rejected 423 of the 712 registration forms it has received from prospective new voters - 59 percent of them.

"We rejected none during the same period last year," when six times as many people were registering because of the presidential election, Roads said. "There was nothing in the law that required a rejection."

The citizenship requirements were contained in Proposition 200, the anti-illegal- immigration initiative passed by Arizona voters last November.

Since the proposition went into effect in January, new voters have been required to prove they are citizens with a passport, a birth certificate, naturalization papers, tribal documents or a driver's license issued after October 1996.

Voters who submit registration forms to change their name, address or party affiliation are exempt.

Roads said most voter registration forms rejected by the county since April 20, when officials started keeping track, were submitted by new voters who provided no valid proof of citizenship whatsoever.

Eleven people provided incomplete driver's license information.

New voter registration forms that include Proposition 200's citizenship requirements are awaiting approval from the U.S. Justice Department and are expected to be available in mid-June, according to Roads.

State elections officials expect the new forms to go a long way in making sure people know what is needed to join the state's 2.6 million voters.

"We recognized there was going to be some potential confusion," said Assistant Secretary of State Kevin Tyne. "People are still learning about the new rules."

Judi White, chairwoman of the Pima County Republican Party, praised county officials for notifying voters their registration forms are incomplete but said that puts the responsibility on voters to re-register with the needed documentation

Damn good. This just SHOWS how big of a problem illegal aliens voting actually is.

Remember, a TRUE citizen will have no problem providing proof of citizenship. When we see these HUGE ratios of people failing to provide citizenship proof (which is as easy as a drivers license), then it simply SHOWS proof possitive of how bad the problem is of illegals trying to vote, or actually voting (since prop 200 does not "clean" house, it only affects new registrations).

Originally Posted by watchman

Judi White, chairwoman of the Pima County Republican Party, praised county officials for notifying voters their registration forms are incomplete but said that puts the responsibility on voters to re-register with the needed documentation

Sounds alright to me. IF ANYONE wants the privledge of voting, then they damn well better be prepared to take on the responsibilities required TO vote.

H.

This is great news. Purge those illegal aliens off the voter rolls. They have no right deciding our elections.

Originally Posted by dman1200

This is great news. Purge those illegal aliens off the voter rolls. They have no right deciding our elections.

Unfortunately, prop 200 will not purge, as it does not affect those already registered. Even if you switch districts (i.e. address change), it will not affect you. To those already registered, it has no impact (at this time). What it does is stop the flood of illegals being ABLE to register to vote. AZ had a HUGE problem with that.

For CA, (at least in certain parts), it might be too late, even if they get a prop-200 like measure, unless there is some way to simply cancel ALL voter registrations, and force everyone to re-register (thus purging the illegals). That would be DAMN hard to do, as many legal citizens would (rightly) complain about having to re-register en-mass.

H.

Originally Posted by Husker

Originally Posted by dman1200

This is great news. Purge those illegal aliens off the voter rolls. They have no right deciding our elections.

Unfortunately, prop 200 will not purge, as it does not affect those already registered. Even if you switch districts (i.e. address change), it will not affect you. To those already registered, it has no impact (at this time). What it does is stop the flood of illegals being ABLE to register to vote. AZ had a HUGE problem with that.

For CA, (at least in certain parts), it might be too late, even if they get a prop-200 like measure, unless there is some way to simply cancel ALL voter registrations, and force everyone to re-register (thus purging the illegals). That would be DAMN hard to do, as many legal citizens would (rightly) complain about having to re-register en-mass.

H.

Maybe the only way to solve this is with a national ID card. IDK. I know that's not very popular, but I'm not sure what else can be done. That Motor Voter Act in 93 (I'm sure I mispronounced it) really screwed things up.

#1. If the LAWS ON THE BOOKS WERE ENFORCED then this would be a moot problem!!

#2. the same as above

#3. the same as above

I resent Americans having to suffer in any capacity because our RULE OF LAW is being cast out the window.