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11-14-2011, 01:18 PM #1
Voting Rights Act Encourages Illegals to Go to Polls
Voting Rights Act Encourages Illegals to Go to Polls
newsmax.com
Monday, 14 Nov 2011 09:14 AM
By James Walsh
The Founding Fathers who crafted the U.S. Constitution intentionally left voting qualifications to the states, which in turn linked voting rights to U.S. citizenship.
Over the years, Constitutional amendments have clarified voting rights: the 14th Amendment granted U.S. citizenship to former slaves; the 15th Amendment addressed voting by racial minorities; the 19th Amendment granted voting rights to women; and the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
As part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, the U.S. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) that requires assistance in voting for “language-impairedâ€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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